I have a fair number of the noisy fearless swine in my vicinity - and my one year old kitten is intent on sourcing their young.

This of course is leading to much frivolity and fracas - dive bombing, low swooping and violent attempts to see her off.

I've tried to scare them away - my kitten is fearless herself - and will, im sure learn the hard way......

What can be done - I fire a BB Pistol from time to time if it gets very ugly - this seems the only way to seriously move them on


Farmers are known to shoot them - are they classed as vermin?

I do not wish to kill - it's not a thread for that - more - what can I do to balance out the odds for both parties - it's comical, fascinating, yet worrying to watch at times - nature is a wonderful thing!