Wild Boars Found Dead In Suspected Poisoning On French Coast

French Wild Boar

First Posted: 28/07/11 17:13 BST Updated: 27/09/11 11:12 BST

BBC:

More than 30 wild boars have been found dead on the banks of the Goussant estuary in Brittany over the past month. The cause of death is as yet unknown, although it has been suggested that the animals could have been poisoned by algae in the water. Local environmental campaigners have long warned against the danger posed by the so-called "killer" algae, which has been affecting the area for decades.

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More than 30 wild boars have been found dead on the banks of the Goussant estuary in Brittany over the past month. The cause of death is as yet unknown, although it has been suggested that the animals...
More than 30 wild boars have been found dead on the banks of the Goussant estuary in Brittany over the past month. The cause of death is as yet unknown, although it has been suggested that the animals...
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06:22 PM on 08/10/2011
Do they have red tide over in France?
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floodberg
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06:56 PM on 07/29/2011
Ok, a new gross twist to those French beaches.
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Jim Shaffer
50 yo US citizen, 25 year resident in Bilbao Spain
06:54 PM on 07/28/2011
I live on the north coast of Spain and lately we've been getting over run by portugese manowars, could it be they were searching for some seafood and ran into these killer jellyfish?