Wild boar attacks man out walking his dogs

POLICE yesterday issued an alert after a wild boar confronted a dog walker and his two pets on Dartmoor.

The animal lunged at the two dogs when the man was walking near the Long Ash garden centre, at Buckland Monachorum.

"The boar, believed to be living wild, approached the man and became aggressive to the dogs," a Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said.

The dog walker retreated and reported the incident to the police.