Wildboar of the year, maybe

Last Sunday a hunters group of Toyota Town culled a huge wildboar. It weighed 203 lbs. Probably it is going to be the biggest one of this year. One hunting dog was injured and sent to an animal hospital. I had never seen such a big one in my wild animal research for the last 10 years.

Two girls behind the animal are my students who already dissected a deer and are waiting for the hunters to dissect this one. We take a stomach sample to see what the animal was eating. At this time of a year usually wildboars stomachs are full of bamboo shoots, which must be their favorite food item.