Rangers are battling to round up a large group of feral pigs thought to have been deliberately released in a national park.

A sounder of wild boar appear to have been released at a site not far from where lynx were illegally dumped earlier this year ...

Crofters have sent out a warning after a herd of maurading wild boars was spotted in the forests and glens near their homes.

Wild hogs cause damage by decimating crops and destroying fields and forests. They can also carry at least 30 diseases and 40 parasites.

An adorable wild boar piglet was recently spotted snuffling ... approaching them is dangerous as female adult boars are known to be very protective of their young and easily provoked, according ...