4 Feb, 2019 @ 15:06
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WATCH: Wild boar shot and killed by cops after rummaging bins on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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LOST: Boar seen rummaging through bins in Fuengirola

A WILD boar has been shot and killed by police after rummaging through bins of residents on the Costa del Sol.

The pig was captured on film roaming around Fuengirola on Saturday.

But after two hours it was quickly shot and killed by police.

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A Guardia Civil spokesman told the Olive Press today: “Officers found the wild boar roaming around Los Boliches at 7pm on Saturday.

“We tried to contact several zoos and animal parks but none had the necessary capabilities to carry out a capture and re-release.

“With the help of locals police officers encircled the boar before shooting it.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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