Chernobyl: The Effects On The Wild Boars

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Years after Chernobyl, the effects on the wild boars has reached more than 1,500 miles away from the meltdown site. The effects on the wild boar are very high levels of radiation and the inability of hunters to use them to feed their families. Chernobyl was a great nuclear disaster that occurred in the Ukraine over thirty-one years ago. Even after all that time the ground still contains radioactive materials. The radioactivity has reached as far as parts of Sweden. The largest amount of animals effected are in the wild boar. There are some cases of moose having higher than acceptable levels of radiation, but the population of wild boar has been effected the most. The wild boar tend to root around in the soil for their food, causing them to