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BEIJING (AFP) - – Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday.

Wild boar numbers have risen to an estimated 150,000 in Zhejiang province, compared to about 29,000 a decade ago, the China Daily said.

The population has flourished as China's notorious environmental destruction has wiped out traditional predators such as tigers and wolves, reports said.

The China Daily also quoted experts saying the huge migration of labour to cities has left fewer farmers home to keep boars in check, while curbs on gun use during the six-month World Expo in nearby Shanghai has halted hunting.

The Expo runs to the end of October.

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