Wild boar are hunted across Europe, Asia, and North America — with welfare implications from hunting methods, wounding rates, and orphaning of dependent piglets.
Wild boar hunting causes welfare harm through both wounding and pursuit stress. Drive hunts create intense fear responses in highly intelligent animals. Wounded boar not recovered immediately suffer from pain and blood loss. Hunting of sows with dependent young orphans piglets who cannot survive without their mother. Welfare-conscious hunting regulations require season restrictions to avoid lactating sows, mandatory hunter competency standards, and tracking dog requirements for recovering wounded animals.