Veluwe wild boar hunting season opens
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleHunters have been given the green light to shoot up to 4,000 wild boar in the Veluwe national park area this season, in an effort to keep the population under control, Nos tv reports.
Some 5,000 boar live in the region but the provincial authorities think this is too many because they cause road accidents and destroy crops and gardens.
Every year, hunters shoot thousands of the animals to try to keep numbers under control.
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