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Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (Menahem Kahana/ AFP)
May 18, 2026, 11:59 am
Haifa’s war on wild boars drops off the grid, as key oversight quietly disappears
Nature and Parks Authority has pulled out of joint project aimed at reducing human-wildlife friction, sparking fears that the city’s streets will become an unchecked hunting ground
By Aviv Lavie
A wild boar in a backyard of a building in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, February 8, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90_
June 2, 2024, 8:45 am
Haifa wild boar culling has some residents up in arms
Municipality said to have killed 100 animals in past few months, with hunters gunning them down in the streets
By ToI Staff
Two girls are seen running from a wild boar in the northern city of Haifa, October 12, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 12, 2022, 11:18 pm
Video shows wild boar attacking teenage girl in Haifa, wounding her
‘She was in its path and had nowhere to run,’ says father of 14-year-old, after animal charged at her
By ToI Staff
A wild boar is seen in an apartment it broke into in the northern city of Haifa, September 14, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 14, 2022, 5:55 pm
Wild boar thrashes around Haifa apartment after smashing through window
‘It broke the window, it broke everything,’ woman in northern city says upon coming home to see feral hog
By ToI Staff
Many pet pig owners like Tom Fanning of Florida treat their pigs as they do their dogs or cats, as seen in 'Magnificent Beast.' (Courtesy Donkey Universe Films)
January 22, 2022, 5:58 am
What’s with Judaism’s pork taboo? Documentary film ‘Magnificent Beast’ bores into it
Mother-son duo Tess and Josh Gerritsen travel the world to find out why pigs are so controversial in the movie screening virtually at the Miami Jewish Film Festival through Jan. 26
By Rich Tenorio
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
October 18, 2021, 2:24 am
Haifa man injured in wild boar attack while walking dog
69-year-old, hospitalized in moderate condition, is second person wounded in a year by feral hogs near northern city, where their population has surged
By ToI Staff
A wild boar taking a nap on a mattress in Haifa (via Twitter)
March 13, 2021, 7:23 pm
Sleepy Haifa boar becomes internet star
Wild beasts have increasingly taken up residence in the northern coastal city
By ToI Staff
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 ( MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 27, 2020, 8:14 am
Wild boar moderately injures woman hiking in northern Israel with her family
Paramedics carry Yael Pries, 48, on a stretcher for over a kilometer to evacuate her from site where hog gored her thigh
By Stuart Winer
A wild boar runs over a glade in a forest in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, November 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
August 9, 2020, 9:49 am
German nudist chases down boar who snatched his laptop
Naked man runs after sow and her two piglets, to the mirth of fellow bathers at Berlin lake; eventually manages to retrieve bag containing his belongings, wins applause
By Agencies
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
June 7, 2020, 10:21 am
Sorry teacher, a wild boar ate my homework
Haifa student gets best-ever excuse for not handing in schoolwork as hog infestation wreaks havoc in coastal city
By ToI Staff
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 16, 2019, 7:41 am
Brazen boars hog Haifa
After ban on hunting enacted, residents of northern city say wild pigs block traffic, dig up public gardens and overturn large garbage bins
By Majeda El Batsh
Illustrative: A wild boar. (Wikipedia/Richard Bartz/CC BY-SA 2.5)
April 26, 2017, 2:05 am
Three Islamic State fighters said killed by wild boars
Herd encountered the jihadists setting an ambush in a bed of reeds in northern Iraq
By ToI Staff
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