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Mammal

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

✓What to do NOW

  1. 1DO NOT approach — adult boar is dangerous, especially females with young
  2. 2Injured boar on a road: report to Traffic Police, Provincial Police and/or Carabinieri Forestali (1515)
  3. 3Stay in the car until authorities arrive
  4. 4Document the GPS location to speed up the response
  5. 5Striped piglets found alone: the mother is almost certainly nearby — do not approach

✗NEVER do this

  • ✗Do not get out of the car if the boar is still standing and mobile
  • ✗Do not approach the piglets — the sow can attack with extreme violence in defence of her young
  • ✗Do not try to pick up or move independently
  • ✗Do not feed wild boar: it habituates them to human settlements

⚠ Important note

Road accidents involving boar are sharply increasing across Italy. An injured but conscious boar can charge without warning — minimum distance 10 metres. The tusks of an adult male cause deep lacerating wounds. In the event of a bite or tusk wound, go to A&E for tetanus and antibiotic prophylaxis.

⚖ Legal protection

The wild boar is not a protected species and is subject to regional management plans. Interventions on injured or at-risk boar are the responsibility of the Provincial Police and Carabinieri Forestali.

Also known as

boarEuropean wild boarpigletstriped boar piglet

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