Wild Boar have been living in this country for 700,000 years. Multiple times have they been driven to extinction. Today, they're back. But for how long?

In this film, I take a look at the history of this native mammal. All the way back to the AngloSaxons, through to the Normans, the Middle Ages, the Tudors, the Stuarts, Georgian Britain, Thatcher's England, up to present day.

We approach the topic from multiple viewpoints. Ecology, monarchy, sociology, agriculture, law, hunting, and morality.

(thumbnail by Steve Young)

0:00 Intro
1:17 Speciation
2:04 About Wild Boar
6:13 AngloSaxons
6:47 The Normans
9:28 Magna Carta
9:59 Charter Of The Forest
12:51 Henry III + Edward II
13:48 16th Century
14:00 17th Century
14:58 1970s
18:00 1980s
21:32 21st Century
24:46 Outro

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