DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0357

WILD BOARS, COMMON BUT HIDDEN INHABITANTS OF BRNO

Jakub Drimaj¹, Jan Dvořák¹

¹ Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno, Czechia

The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a globally distributed mammalian species that, at high densities, can cause extensive damage to agriculture and forestry, resulting in ecological damage and security risks. Its importance is enhanced by its enormous adaptability and ecological plasticity to a wide range of environmental factors. Across Europe, its presence in built-up areas, where it damages vegetation and property, causes traffic accidents, can transmit diseases and sporadically attacks dogs and humans, is increasingly being addressed. The situation is similar in the Czech Republic. Based on research in the city of Brno, groups of wild boars have also been recorded in the central parts of the city. It has been shown that they are associated with urban green areas, especially areas with many shelters (forest parks, brownfields, cottage territory, etc.).

Keywords: urban environment, human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife management, urban mammals, security risk, animal distribution

pages: 357-360, Published: 2025, online: 2025