Wild boar destroy Kent garden in overnight rampage

Wild boar are on the loose in Ightham, Kent. The beasts have burrowed into gardens at night and made real hogs of themselves, leaving lawns looking like battlefields. Resident Peter Baker set up a camera in his Borough Green Road garden after it was turned over for the third time.

It captured grainy images of a boar-like creature sniffing at the ground, then walking off. He said: "The first time it happened about a month ago I put it down to badgers or foxes. But the visits gradually increased and the damage suggested it was a much bigger animal."



Mr Baker, 81, said despite the film's grainy image, it proves the raider isn't a common or garden pig, as he says pigs have rounder bellies than the creature caught on film. The pensioner thinks the animals came from a 30-acre field backing on to his 100ft garden.

There have been no further visits since he had a more secure garden fence installed, but he's sure they're still out there, somewhere. Traps have reportedly been set up in the adjoining field which is believed to be land belonging to nearby Dark Hill Farm. The farm's owner, who did not want to comment, has reportedly promised not to shoot the boar if caught.

With grainy video.