| The wild boar is a male animal of the pig family, | | | | Now they wander over a large area of dense |
| or swine. It is only two feet high and four feet | | | | forest in the southern part of the Great Smoky |
| long, but it is strong enough to kill a tiger or a | | | | Mountains. People who live in the hills of |
| bear. The boar has a woolly body covered with | | | | Tennessee and North Carolina often see them. |
| bristles, which are short, stiff hairs. The boar has | | | | Hunting the wild boar has been a favorite sport of |
| several tusks in its mouth, and they are almost | | | | man for many thousands of years. In India, the |
| as sharp as razor blades. These dangerous little | | | | boar is hunted with spears and the sport is known |
| animals used to live and be hunted in England until | | | | as "pig-sticking." Most often the boar is hunted on |
| they were all killed, about five hundred years ago. | | | | horseback, with rifles and a pack of specially |
| Today you can still find wild boars in the forests | | | | trained brave dogs. The dogs are no match for |
| of central Europe and in certain parts of Russia, | | | | an angry boar, but the dogs can chase and tire |
| India, and the United States. The wild boars that | | | | the boar out until the hunters arrive. A wild boar is |
| now live in America were brought to North | | | | so strong and courageous that it will not cry out |
| Carolina about fifty years ago by an English | | | | no matter how badly it is wounded. Even when it |
| sportsman. He wanted to raise them so he could | | | | is shot through the heart and is dying, it will stay |
| hunt them on his estate. Some of them escaped. | | | | on its feet and kill anyone who comes near. |
