Sadly, that’s where we are now. Although I don’t think it is completely down to people helping hogs by feeding them in urban areas that they are doing better there. A lot of it is to do with lack of habitat in the countryside, use of chemicals, mechanisation, etc. Gardens, in general, mimic hogs’ habitat of choice, ie. woodlend edge, hedges, etc. so it is natural that the hogs would gravitate towards gardens – and there are more of them in suburban areas. But if everyone linked their gardens and made part of them wildlife friendly, as you do, that would create a huge area of habitat for the hogs. It is possible. It just needs the will of the people to achieve it, or enough of them, at least. An added advantage is that the more gardens that are linked, the less need there is for the hogs to cross roads. Hogs need to be able to wander.
Meanwhile we can dream!
But the hogs relying on humans so much, makes it all the more important that everything they are offered to eat by humans is as good for them as it can be.
