Rescuers in action as Czech hunters lose boar in icy river

Two Czech hunters took an involuntary swim in an icy river and then got stranded on a steep bank in a bizarre accident involving a wild boar they had just shot, a local paper reported. On Sunday, two hunters shot the animal near Turnov, about 90 kilometres northwest of Prague, but the boar rolled down a steep slope and fell in the Jizera river. Determined not to lose their game the men got into a canoe to retrieve the animal but its capsized and the hunters found themselves stranded and shivering on the deserted opposite bank. They spent over an hour on the bank before they were rescued by the local fire brigade.