More and more wild boars in Semur-en-Auxois! The problem is that they take refuge with 30 or 40 individuals in a small wood and wasteland in the middle of the dwellings. Marie-Luce, manager of an organic store on the heights of the city, explains how these animals colonized Semur.
“A priori they do not cross the railroad to go back up into the village and from there they nestle in the wasteland of the industrial zone which poses concerns because they are turning over all the land”.
Wild boars who have invited themselves in the gardens of an establishment of assistance through work (ESAT), in a market gardener forced to install an electric fence and that we also saw near a bowling green and a children’s play area! One night Sylvie, who lives in a small low-cost housing opposite the station, even heard them fight.
Why do these wild animals desert their forests to come to the city? She has her theory. “It is because there are lawns, it is easier to search the earth in search of worms, roots … There around the bowling green and on the sides of the road to Dijon you will see, the earth is all turned upside down. “
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According to Catherine Sadon, the mayor of Semur, there is nothing to eat in the forest because of an unfavorable summer, which is why there are so many wild boars this year. It is to reassure worried residents that a scare attack took place last Thursday. “There are people who are afraid because they come to the foot of buildings and to the children’s play area” explains the chosen one.
The city of Semur and the prefecture have therefore issued decrees and appealed to hunters to try to dislodge the pigs. For the record, according to an official of the Departmental Directorate of Territories, they did not find a single one that day.
The crux of the problem for the town hall are these wastelands near the Saussiotte river, they serve as a 4-star hotel-restaurant for wild boars. However, they belong to about thirty different owners, a puzzle for the municipality which would like to raze them. Because, who says more wasteland, says more wild boars. Well, normally.
Find our file of the day this Wednesday January 5, 2022. To listen to 6:45 and 8:15 (98.3 or 103.7). You will hear the opinion of many inhabitants of the town.