Sus scrofa of the family Suidae, the wild boar, is the ancestor of most domestic pigs — native to Europe and Asia, introduced to the Americas and beyond. It is hunted for its meat, a traditional game valued for dark colour, leanness, and robust flavour, and it is also farmed now to feed the game-meat market. Its rooting wrecks crops and woodland, so hunting doubles as population control in many regions. On the food-safety side, wild carcases need veterinary inspection before sale, with trichinosis the classic concern alongside tuberculosis in some populations, and thorough cooking is the consumer’s essential safeguard.