Wild boars strike back

Wild boars strike back

BANYUMAS, Central Java (JP): In an apparent show of solidarity
for their killed brethren, about 200 boars descended Mount Slamet
and attacked a hamlet, vandalizing houses and sending two
villagers to hospital on Thursday, eyewitnesses said.

The incident on Thursday evening happened only a few hours
after dozens of Gunung Wuled residents left to hunt down the wild
boars which destroyed their crops.

The angry boars' unexpected strike caused panic as the wild
beasts broke into houses and destroyed anything in their path,
said Sarno, 45, a farmer who took part in the boar hunting in the
morning.

"I think they took revenge on us for the dozens of boars we
had killed," he said in the regency town of Purbalingga.

The two farmers injured in the beastly blitz were staring at
the ceiling in a Purbalingga hospital until Saturday. More boars
were killed in the retaliation attack on the hamlet. (45)