Wild boar populations in Britain and Europe are expanding after centuries of absence, requiring communities to develop coexistence strategies that balance ecological benefit with welfare-considerate management.
Wild boar experiencing human-wildlife conflict are subject to welfare risks from legal and illegal culling, road collisions, and retaliatory poisoning where conflict is severe. Population management through culling, while necessary in some contexts, should meet humane standards including shot selection, marksmanship standards, and retrieval of wounded animals. Communities learning to coexist with boar can reduce conflict through securing waste that attracts boar, managing agricultural crop protection, and developing vehicle speed reduction measures in boar habitats. Injured boar should be assessed by a wildlife veterinarian.