But that doesn’t mean they’re safe from Italy’s boars in recent months, residents have reported multiple cases of porcine aggression toward people.

The Italian government plans to cull the population after at least one wild boar tested positive for African swine fever in the Insugherata Nature Reserve this week another two animals found in the same area are likely positive as well, reports state-owned news broadcaster Rai. Some of the animals now have a contagious disease, and others have injured the humans that live in their ever-expanding habitat. And while residents have mostly resigned themselves to coexisting with the animals, the situation appears to be getting worse. In and around Rome, it’s not uncommon to see hairy wild boars rummaging through garbage bins or wandering down the street.