The Fluctuation in Wild Boar Population in the Hunting Area in Eastern Croatia

Abstract

Considering the great importance of the wild boar population in Croatia, the objective of this study was to determine the fluctuations of all categories (offspring, young, middle-aged, and mature) of wild boar population in the hunting area in Eastern Croatia during the analyzed period from 2008 to 2018. Based on the conducted analysis, the following can be emphasized: the last recorded maximum of offspring (male, and female) was in 2013, the highest number of young (male, and female) was determined in 2018, the last recorded maximum of middle-aged (male, and female) was in 2014, and the last recorded maximum of mature (male, and female) was in 2013. Considering the situation in the hunting area in 1955, the number of wild boars redoubled in the last 10 years. Compared to 1995 and given the fact that the hunting area today has much more resources available and there is significant human activity that can recreate the wildlife population by releasing heads, there is a possibility that the number of wild boars could increase slowly in the coming years.

Wild Animal Attacks on Humans in Croatia

“…Wild boars have been attacking humans since ancient times (Mayer 2013), probably because wild boars are one of the most common and widespread large mammals. It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 wild boars in Croatia today (estimate across all age and sex categories) (Gavran et al 2019). In our analysis, wild boar attacks were the most numerous of all wildlife attacks, i.e., 14 out of 33 attacks were perpetrated by wild boars.…”