Sep 9, 2020 · Experts are worried about these boars contracting African swine fever from eating diseased pork among the rubbish humans leave behind. If that should happen, it would likely …

Sep 13, 2023 · In Germany, for example, scientists have long known that the wild boars roaming forests in the country’s south contain high levels of radioactive cesium. Boars hunted in certain …

Aug 30, 2023 · Wild boars in southeastern Germany are known to contain high levels of radioactive cesium, which has been widely attributed to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Sep 6, 2023 · After puzzling scientists for decades, researchers have finally figured out what's making Bavaria's wild boars radioactive, even as other animals show few signs of contamination.

Nov 7, 2023 · But in Europe, especially in Bavaria, Germany, the meat of the hairy, tusked wild boar (Sus scrofa) is one of the most popular forms of game meat, making those pigs …

Jun 9, 2023 · Whether they're stealing a naked man's backpack at a lake or emerging from the Baltic Sea, Germany's wild boars are great at wreaking havoc. Here's where you can find …

Aug 30, 2023 · Many of the wild boars roaming across central Europe are so radioactive that they are dangerous to eat, and it's down to a combination of nuclear weapons testing and the …

Dec 23, 2023 · There are two main forms of hunting wild boar in Germany: sitting hunts and driven hunts or “drükjagd.” The sitting hunts are primarily done in the evening and go until the …

Aug 30, 2023 · Luckily, some new research offers an answer as to why the swine are imbued with radiation: nuclear bombs. A study published Wednesday in the journal American Chemical …

Sep 26, 2023 · Researchers analyzed the cesium-137 found in wild boars (Sus scrofa) and found that a large portion of the radioactive material in some of boar meat originated from earlier …