 Wild boars are not dangerous unless cornered |
A wild boar dubbed Houdini after it scaled a fence at an abattoir in the Borders remains at large. The nine-stone animal leapt to freedom from its pen at the slaughterhouse in Winston Road, Galashiels on Monday.
Despite the efforts of employees, the runaway boar scaled the fence and fled to nearby woods.
He was last seen by anglers on the River Tweed near Tweedbank. Animal rights campaigners say Houdini has earned the right to live.
Lothian and Borders Police say the boar does not pose a danger unless he is cornered.
The animal's fate now rests on either evading capture or engendering the sympathy of the general public.
In 2002, a black boar nicknamed McQueen went on the run after mounting a "great escape" from a slaughterhouse in Stirlingshire.
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