China's viral wild boar hunters attract fame and concern In ... fighting boars that weigh up to 150 kilograms, with razor-sharp tusks. But Zhang said hounds are the most efficient and safest ...

Thousands of the animals are roaming the Costa Blanca town of Calpe, near Alicante on the Mediterranean coast after coming ...

Male wild boars grow tusks from both their upper and lower jaws. The upper tusks are hollow and are used as a tool to keep the lower tusks very sharp. Although females lack these upper sharpening ...

Wild boar, which grow to the size of a labrador and have five-inch tusks, were a popular quarry for hunting parties centuries ago. The last one is said to have been hunted down in 1617 by James I ...

During one encounter, Hirano lost a hound. A wild boar ripped open the unfortunate canine's stomach with its tusks. “The dog howled, 'Yeow!' and did not last more than three minutes,” he said.