The culling of the illegally released pigs has caused outcry with hundreds of people questioning why they could not be rescued.

Feral pigs thought to have been illegally released in the Highlands have been located as staff work to contain them. The Cairngorms National Park Authority said efforts to trap the pigs are ongoing after they were seen in the Insh and Glen Feshie areas.

“Feral” pigs have been illegally released in the Cairngorms, the park authority has said. On Monday, the Cairngorms National Park Authority said the pigs were seen near the Uath Lochans area of the park, and staff attempted to capture the “relatively domesticated” animals.

Feral pigs spotted on the loose in the Cairngorms National Park have been captured and humanely culled, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has said. The animals were seen near Uath Lochans, an area of woodland and small lochs near Kingussie,

NFU Scotland has condemned the illegal release of feral pigs in the Cairngorms National Park and calls for those responsible to be identified and prosecuted.