Germany’s radioactive boars

Clearly I am behind in my reading.... Again, from the September 19th edition of The Week....

This is some F'ed up s^%t. It can't only be the boars, can it?

As a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster nearly three decades ago, Germany’s forests are full of radioactive boars, says USA Today. Recent tests by authorities in the eastern state of Saxony have found that one in three wild boars in its forests contains such high levels of radiation that it is unfit for human consumption. When the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl power plant exploded in 1986, in what is now Ukraine, it blasted a cloud of radioactive particles into the air that spread via wind and rain across Europe before seeping into the ground. Wild boars are thought to be acutely affected by the fallout because they root through contaminated soil for food, scarfing down mushrooms and truffles that store radiation. The Germans have known some boars were contaminated, and since 2012 have legally required hunters to test boar carcasses for radiation. But the latest tests show the problem is more widespread than previously thought. Experts think radioactive boars could still be roaming the forests up to 50 years from now.