Saskatchewan is putting a moratorium on wild boar farms starting next year, in a bid to regulate the growing population of feral swine in the province. But a University of Saskatchewan expert says ...

"The whole thing behind this is to get something in place that deters anybody from wanting to start a wild boar farm in the M.D. of Willow Creek," she reported to the ASB at its Nov. 27 meeting.

Catherine Mclennan, 53, who farms 100 acres of land on the banks of Loch Ness near Drumnadrochit, said: “I came into contact with the wild boar one night when I went into a wooded area on my land.

Hunters spoke out against the cull, too - warning that without wild boar to prey on, predators like wolves would move on to farm animals like sheep and cows.

A robot wolf designed to protect farms has proved to be such a success ... It's been designed to keep wild boar away from rice and chestnut crops, and was deployed on a trial basis near Kisarazu ...