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There was at least one big black cat around here in SE Suffolk a few years ago - several people spotted it. But I've not heard of a sighting for quite a while

When I farmed in Tuscany we were surrounded by wild boar - they are truly scary creatures and will kill humans if they or their young are threatened. They also regularly killed dogs. Apart from that, they are incredibly destructive; it was almost impossible to keep them out of the sheep pastures although we spent a fortune on sheep fencing which was buried half a metre. A family could dig their way into a field and make a hole in it the size [ie area] of a swimming pool overnight. Releasing them into the wild here is really irresponsible; tho the British wild boar tends to be a hybrid and rather smaller and less agressive than the Mediterranean version. The piglets are very cute tho - they look like animated humbugs

I was once chased by a huge male boar which my dog disturbed by a stream on a hot day - a very scary experience. It was lucky I was fit - I couldn't run that fast now