As Max Alliès, the president of the Federation of hunters of the Hérault, had announced to 20 Minutes on March 11, a beating was organized Wednesday, in Montpellier (Hérault), to deal with the profusion of wild boars in town. The operation took place in the Hérault capital, but also in Grabels and Juvignac, two neighboring municipalities.

About fifty hunters participated in this beating, during which the wild boars were pushed back to uninhabited areas, before they were shot.

In the city, there is something to "eat, drink and hide"

Twenty wild boars were killed on Wednesday. "Taking into account the rate of increase of the species and the survival rate, we can estimate that this beating has avoided the presence of about fifty additional animals once the spring births are carried out in this part of the metropolis," notes the structure.

In recent years, wild boars abound in Montpellier. On social networks, videos that show wild pigs walking in neighborhoods are numerous. "With the decline of pastoralism, changes in the biotope, etc., the brush arrives at the edge of the cities, explained on March 11 to 20 Minutes Max Alliès, president of the Federation of hunters of the Hérault. And wild boars, it suits them perfectly. What they need is food, drink and hide. And above all, in the neighborhoods of Montpellier, "they do not have the pressure that is put on them elsewhere".

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