Losing the boar war Swine of a day for huntsmen as 60 fugitives lead them a merry trot across the moors From: Daily Mail | Date: January 5, 2006| Author: DAVID WILKES | Copyright 2006 Daily Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AS the ruddy-faced huntsmen huddled by the edge of the track, the sense of excitement was palpable.

There it was, hidden in a patch of mud a trotter print.

The first real clue as to the whereabouts of the elusive wild boar of Exmoor.

More than 60 of the razor-tusked beasts have been on the run here in North Devon since being ' liberated' from a farm by animal rights activists before Christmas.

Yesterday, members of the Dulverton Farmers Hunt and ten of their ho...

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