The Walloon government has approved enhanced measures to cull the wild boar population to limit their expansion.
This notably paves the way for night-time hunting in open areas under strict conditions, aligning with the nocturnal tendencies of the animal. Additionally, to reduce populations in suburban areas and north of the Sambre-et-Meuse valley, where traditional hunting is challenging from a safety perspective, the government has permitted wild boars to be trapped.
If the hunting targets are not achieved by the end of the current hunting season, ending 31 December, additional hunts can be arranged. The existing hunting plan in the Walloon Region makes allowance for the culling of 23,481 wild boars, including 7,206 female boars of over 30 kg.
“The urgent need for wild boar culling is based on the species’ threat to health, agriculture, forest regeneration, private property damage, biodiversity and road safety,” the Hunting Minister, Willy Borsus (MR), justified in a statement.
