Lampung boars on the rampage

KALIANDA, Lampung: Residents have waged a war against boars which have devoured some 700 hectares of banana plantations in this district.

They said the boars flocked to their farms in herds and that it required an equal size of people to repulse them.

Antara reported yesterday that the boars had been on the rampage since last month, forcing banana farmers to look for other sources of income to make ends meet.

Ketapang village chief Suwardi said this year's rampage by the boars has been the worst.

Farmers have been trying in vain to stop the animals by installing barbed wire, he said. "The dogs cannot help because they are outnumbered." (pan)