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 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,

Wild boar were once native to Scotland but died out after overhunting and habitat destruction (Picture: Getty) Rangers are battling to round up a large group of feral pigs thought to have been deliberately released in a national park.