An Eco-Friendly Approach to Repel Away Wild Boar

Abstract

Wild boar (Sus scrofa L.), is the utmost communal native species of wildlife to bring about plants injury. It may destroy to agricultural crops by crushing or eating of plants. In several dwellings, wild boars are deliberated a pest species for the reason that these harm to crops and even spread infections to livestock and human. The incidence of damage was very high in crop fields adjacent to forest areas. Hence, attempts were made at Agriculture Research Station, Virinjipuram, Vellore district and identified the compounds that repel the wild boar from crop zone. Thus, the herbal product developed has reached almost all the districts of Tamil Nadu and also gaining its importance in adjacent states viz., Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Hence, the spread of this herbal product throughout Tamil Nadu and area protected for wild boar for a period of one year 2020 in Tamil Nadu was investigated.