After spending many happy hours in the Ardennes studying wild boar, Hamish has created a sounder of seven wild boar sculptures.
This sculpture is the Wild Boar Trio of Youngsters / Überlaufer – 2022.
A sounder is a female-dominated family group of wild boar, comprising several generations of sows with and without offspring, led by the most mature breeding female. Youngsters from 13 – 24 months are known as überläufer.
Wildboar are one of the most wide ranging mammals in the world, listed by the World Conservation Union as one of the most invasive species. They number more than ten million in the EU alone. After man, the grey wolf is the main predator of wild boar.