Extreme cold claims lives of wild boars
SUB-ZERO weather is thought to have led to the deaths of two of the six wild boars introduced on to a Highland estate as part of a project to restore ancient Caledonian forest.
One animal aged nine months died on charity Trees for Life's Dundreggan Estate in Glen Moriston, Inverness-shire, on Saturday and another was put down yesterday after treatment with antibiotics failed to save it.
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Weather for Edinburgh
Monday 28 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 10 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
