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Probably because they weren't officially re-introduced. Boars just escaped from captivity or were set free over the years.

By the way, apparently wild boar are already here. Just read there's a significant population in Dumfries and Galloway, as well as in other parts of the UK. Farmers already up in arms. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scotland-s-wild-boars-killing-lambs-claim-gamekeepers-1-2513035 Also some of the boar here are fucking massive, skip to 3:45:

Rugby is actually pretty entertaining. Fans are a bunch of twats though generally, I agree. And football (as well as soccer) is a lot more exciting.

No, I got it at the time. It's a fairly unoriginal joke. But f**k, we all deserve one, eh? Yep, went RIGHT over my head there!

Just do it, add them all. We'll all die of boredom anyway in the end if the most exciting thing in our lives is a fox running through our back gardens.

No I got it, bear arms/arms of bears. Yes, very amusing.

Humans are indeed above bears. If you choose to purposefully handicap one of your greatest advantages over the bear though then of course, the odds are going to swing against you.

Would really keep the city streets clear of drunken yobs and asshole youth gangs, come to think of it. Not at first, but certainly after a few scares.

And it begs another question, how much do these estates actually contribute to the economy. And in addition how much are they going to contribute to it in the future? I think it would be a good laugh to stumble upon a bear during a night out, take a few selfies with it. Laugh as it mauled that asshole friend nobody really likes. Those Russian videos on YT of people meeting bears in cities are always pretty entertaining.

I would too if I moved to a country that wasn't a borderline police state (guns are the tip of the iceberg for the UK really). Which I will as soon as is possible.

That's when they call Bear Patrol and they come and tranquilize the bear and relocate it back into the wilderness. Eventually they learn where their area is and stick to it. It COULD work, but you're right it would take far more effort than people would be willing to give such a plan, sadly. Would be cool as f**k to have brown bears here again though, could adopt it as our national animal.

Bears don't kill humans, YJS. Guns do.

Humans are apex predators. We're above bears.

I don't really care about attacks on humans. If you don't want to run the low risk getting attacked, don't go to areas populated by said animals. We're not the only inhabitants of this land, and I don't think our peace of mind and "safety" trumps all other concerns. Ironic though we should completely ignore the elephant in the room when talking about overpopulation here.

Although having said I can already picture the headlines "MONSTER BEAR MAULS CHILD TO DEATH!" and resulting public outcry and cull of the bears here. Maybe not so sensible (for their sake, mainly) to reintroduce them into a land populated by people so prone to kneejerk reactions.