Town besieged by wild boar told to put up fences | Daily Mail Online22 Jan 2017 ... The Forestry Commission carries out an annual cull and last year's killed 543. Residents were last year asked not to feed the boar or leave their bins out overnight because the beasts come looking for food. Wild boar became extinct in Britain more than 300 years ago but reappeared in the Forest of Dean in 2004 when they were illegally reintroduced from farms. The forest is now the largest breeding ground in the country, though groups of wild boar are springing up ...