Despite their fearsome aspect, boars will not attack a person unless they have been injured or threatened, hunters say. Otherwise, a boar will a want to flee a person as quickly as the person wants to flee him!
但狩獵協會也有人以為，通常野豬不會主動傷人，除了在已受傷或被大群獵狗圍住時才會生氣、反擊；否則它們聽到人聲也像人聽到野豬聲音一般，花容失色、快走為妙！