Abstract
The census of population of the wild boar, Sus scrofa L. was conducted by visual observations in strips and blocks. A total of 57 strips were observed along canal side. The number of animals observed in the entire area were 4178 making the average number of animals per strip as 8.38. The 16 blocks measuring 26.32 x 26,32 hectares were examined in total. The number of wild boars observed were 209 in these 16 blocks, with an average of 13.6 per block in district Faisalabad.
INTRODUCTION:
Wild boar, Sus scrofa L., is highly destructive to crops. The boars not only consume the mature crop but also trample a vast area in their foraging run. The wild boar requires a heavy cover, abundant food and water. Therefore, irrigated plantations, riverain forests and marsh-lands constitute the best habitat for the wild boar. The wild boars seriously damage the cropped area, and the terrain lying adjacent to these areas. The information about a more precise population census and abundance of this serious mammalian pest is scanty. Adam (1932) and khan (1980) observed that the wild boar left their hiding places in search of food on specific routes just after the sunset and retreated through the same routes very early in the morning and thus could be counted when they were going out at dusk and coming back in the original habitat at dawn, Forbes (1956) has given a number of methods for taking wild life census in the field,
