Lampung boars on the rampage

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)