Basti escaped during a hunt in a moated castle in the Austrian Waldviertel. The baron and his housekeeper took pity on the little wild boar boar, who was hiding fearfully in the castle courtyard. The castle housekeeper Sylvia was given permission to raise him with a bottle. She is a mother of five children herself and knows what an orphaned animal child needs. When Basti got older, they didn't want to keep him on their own. So Sylvia and Mr. Baron got in touch with us. Together they brought Basti to Henndorf. Wild boars are wrongly accused of uncontrolled reproduction. On the one hand, it was us humans who took away their habitat. On the other hand, it is ignorant hobby hunters who also shoot the leaders of a herd. With fatal consequences. Because if the "leader" of the group is killed, nature has a "plan B". Fearing extinction, wild boars then reproduce uncontrollably. Releasing rescued wild boars back into the wild would not be a good idea. They have gotten to know humans at their best and have lost their fear, including of hunters. That is why we keep wild boars with us until the end of their natural lives. Please beware of their teeth. We do not allow our wild boars to run free during visiting hours, with one exception: Liselotte is a cross between a pot-bellied pig and a wild boar. She also lost her home and her last chance was Gut Aiderbichl.
