THIS is the moment a group of greedy pigs attempt to pillage food from punters at a ritzy beach.

Eye-raising video shows the brazen boar and its piglets snuffling around an unattended bag in front of a stunned audience on the .

Wild boar approaching tourists on a beach.The boar was captured snuffling around a beachgoers bag Credit: X A wild boar and two piglets walk among beachgoers on a sandy beach.Despite being so brazen the pigs were startles and scurried off before they could get the food Credit: X

The hungry family was captured scouting out the beach before something startled them, sending them scuttling before they could rob the beachgoers, in a now-viral clip.

This , hordes of the hungry animals have made quite the impression on France’s holiday beaches.

Wild boars are very common across the Côte d’Azur and rural but as their population grows, human and pig interactions are becoming far more common.

Their stock is currently growing faster than the authorities can control.

A wild boar and its piglet walking on a crowded beach with tourists and beach gear.The hungry family were scouting out the beach Credit: X Wild boars on a beach in the French Riviera.Stunned onlookers filmed the brazen pig Credit: X

In search of food, they are often fed by humans or help themselves directly from garbage cans.

Growing encounters have caused alarm as some fear the animals are losing their fear of humans.

When a wild animals lose their fear of humans – known as habituation – it triggers a destructive cycle of human-wildlife conflict.

This loss of fear typically happens when urban expansion encroaches on their territory, or when humans intentionally or unintentionally provide food via overflowing trash bins, pet bowls, or handouts.

FRANCE-ANIMAL-OFFBEATWild boar beach sightings are becoming more and more common Credit: AFP – Getty FRANCE-ANIMAL-OFFBEATSome say the wild population needs tighter management Credit: AFP – Getty

The best known example of this is the urban pigeon – which have learned over generations that people are a reliable source of food rather than a dangerous predator.

In reaction to the viral clip, Liz Webster, a British advocate, said: “Wild boar populations are booming across Europe and on the French Riviera they’ve discovered beaches, tourists, and bins provide easy pickings.

“Nature needs management.

“In densely populated Europe, bringing back boar, wolves, beavers and potentially bears doesn’t mean humans can simply withdraw and let nature take over.

“Wildlife, farming and people have to coexist and that requires active land and population management.”

It comes as a in May, sending one man flying and two in hospital.

The savage beast is caught on camera tearing through the middle of a Turkish street, running full pelt towards pedestrians.

One man was seen flipping in the air before crashing face-first onto the road as the crazed creature continues on without care.