Isere. The persistent drought pushes the wild boars further and further out of the woods

“If an animal comes out of the woods it is because it is hungry or thirsty! “

Incidentally, Odile Gitton is a zootechnical engineer Isère president of the Rurality Movement ; she is also a huntress involved in various hunting associations including that of La Côte-Saint-André, where she lives. It is not surprising to her that the drought, which is currently raging, is driving wild boars (as well as other animal species) out of the forest areas where they live.

As you recall, the first to be affected are farmers and especially cereal growers – wild boars in particular love corn – but we have also seen in some French regions these animals help each other in the vineyards to eat grapes to quench their thirst. . They can also wander closer to …