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| Vandals leave 100 wild boar free | Vandals leave 100 wild boar free |
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| About 100 boar are on the loose in Devon after vandals cut through a fenced enclosure at a farm. | About 100 boar are on the loose in Devon after vandals cut through a fenced enclosure at a farm. |
| The damaged perimeter fence was found at the farm in Rydon Lane in Holsworthy at about 0800 BST. | The damaged perimeter fence was found at the farm in Rydon Lane in Holsworthy at about 0800 BST. |
| About 40 wild boar have been rounded up, but there are believed to be another 100 running free. | About 40 wild boar have been rounded up, but there are believed to be another 100 running free. |
| Police are appealing to members of the public to keep away from the animals if spotted and warn they may charge without any provocation. | Police are appealing to members of the public to keep away from the animals if spotted and warn they may charge without any provocation. |
| Police and neighbours are helping the farmer trace the remaining boar. | Police and neighbours are helping the farmer trace the remaining boar. |
| Anyone who sees the boar is asked to call police immediately. | Anyone who sees the boar is asked to call police immediately. |
| The wild boar are kept permanently at the farm. | The wild boar are kept permanently at the farm. |
| Police said they were keeping "an open mind" about the motive for the damage. | |
| Other herds of wild boar are believed to be roaming free after a number of attacks by animal rights activists to fencing at Allan Dedames' Woodland Wild Boar Farm near South Molton. | |
| Activists released 102 boar from the farm in December 2005 and another 45 were set loose in a second attack in February 2006. | |
| Mr Dedames lost his appeal in September against North Devon District Council's decision not to reissue him with a Dangerous Wild Animals Licence. |