https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Wild boar snuffling in the forests of eastern Tuscany dug up and destroyed a €20,000 stash of cocaine buried by drug dealers, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20191113/wild-boar-sniff-out-and-destroy-cocaine-stash-hidden-in-tuscan-forest Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:15:11 +0100 wild-boar-sniff-out-and-destroy-cocaine-stash-hidden-in-tuscan-forest Bowls of wild boar stew and boar sandwiches were handed out at the demonstration in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20191107/they-destroy-everything-italian-farmers-protest-rising-number-of-wild-boars Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:15:15 +0100 they-destroy-everything-italian-farmers-protest-rising-number-of-wild-boars Police in Sardinia are investigating two men who staged a traffic accident by claiming their vehicle had collided with a wild boar - which in fact turned out to be frozen. https://www.thelocal.it/20191011/frozen-wild-boar-used-to-fake-road-crash-in-italy Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:30:47 +0200 frozen-wild-boar-used-to-fake-road-crash-in-italy One man was killed and 10 people were injured in a freak road accident after cars hit a group of wild boars crossing the A1 motorway in Lombardy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190104/one-dead-and-10-injured-in-motorway-pileup-after-car-hits-wild-boar Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:22:02 +0100 one-dead-and-10-injured-in-motorway-pileup-after-car-hits-wild-boar Rome authorities are considering sterilizing wild boars in the city following a spate of sightings, and a deadly collision on Friday night between one of the animals and a scooter. https://www.thelocal.it/20170320/italy-mulls-wild-boar-sterilization-after-man-killed-in-boar-scooter-collision Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:04:56 +0100 italy-mulls-wild-boar-sterilization-after-man-killed-in-boar-scooter-collision In Italy’s capital, you're more likely to see a wild boar on a plate than on his trotters. But, if this photo is to be believed, a real-life wild boar – trussed up in a red harness – has been spotted on a tram. The photo has since gone viral. https://www.thelocal.it/20140221/photo-of-the-day-wild-boar-spotted-on-rome-tram Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:56:00 +0100 photo-of-the-day-wild-boar-spotted-on-rome-tram Following the discovery of wild boars contaminated with nuclear radiation in the northern Italian Piedmont region earlier in the year, the Ministry of Health has found two more cases, this time near Trieste, over 500km away. https://www.thelocal.it/20131213/radioactive-boars-roaming-northern-italy Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:15:00 +0100 radioactive-boars-roaming-northern-italy