More than 2800 wild boar have been killed in the Veluwe, the country's largest nature reserve, since the start of the hunting season on 1 July. At the end of June, there were still 6000 wild boar in the reserve, but the provincial authorities want to reduce their number to 800.The large numbers of wild boar lead to traffic accidents and reportedly cause considerable damage to the flora of the reserve. Hunters say the hunt is proceeding according to plan. Some 3000 animals are due to be shot in the first two months of the hunting season.Animal rights organisations are fiercely opposed to the hunt. They argue that the nature reserve is big enough to support several thousand wild boar.

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