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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFeral hogs from Canada may go hog wild in US
Packs of wild hogs from Canada appear to be edging closer to the US border and wildlife officials are squealing over the ecological nightmare they could cause, according to a report. Feral boar sightings are spiking near the Montana border as the aggressive, sometimes disease-carrying invaders move south, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials warned, according to the Daily Inter Lake newspaper.
Multiple people say that if we were to design an invasive species that would do the most widespread damage, feral swine arent too far off from being the perfect specimen, Dale Nolte of the USDAs National Feral Swine Program told the newspaper. [More coming] would be a disaster. Along with breeding like bunnies, the sharp-tusked swine root and wallow in farms, fields and forests destroying huge swaths of land along the way.
They move quickly and carry diseases such as African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease, which could spread to other animals. Each year, the pugnacious porkers cause about $1.5 billion in damage in the US, according to the USDA.
More than 6 million feral swine can already be found in 32 states in the US, the agency said. Last month, a tweet from an Arkansas resident, about dozens of wild boar invading his yard went viral.
Legit question for rural Americans How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play? he asked.
https://nypost.com/2019/09/12/feral-hogs-from-canada-may-go-hog-wild-in-us-report/
RainCaster
(10,914 posts)After a lifetime of grabbing pussy and grifting the government, he has become a stupid swine that wants to live in DC for the rest of his life.
Cirque du So-What
(25,979 posts)Celerity
(43,499 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)yahoo hunters releasing them into the wild to have something to shoot at...
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Or is this just more bashing of the South?
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)one in myrtlebeachonline.com which I can't seem to find but here's another:
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/feral-hogs/hunting-faq/
and incidentally I live in the South...
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Thanks for the link.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)a few decades ago. Really pissed off the locals.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,529 posts)animals. Some of the feral swine ate escapees from these controlled hunting sites.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Stupid fucking bastards for doing this.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I think the issue is poor management by states. I don't think many allow dogs to herd them to hunters. Also, bag limits need to be raised until the populations drop.
2naSalit
(86,779 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)Every California county except one has wild hogs. I've never seen one though.
2naSalit
(86,779 posts)in my travels in any of the places they exist, myself. But then, we have lots of bears here and I didn't see any for a couple years. And they walked through my yard at night.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)...coyotes, and other wildlife, I've not heard or read of wild boar except in the Channel Islands, where they were introduced by hunters and ultimately proved to be an ecological problem. I do know that over the past century or more, hunters introduced boar into a variety of places -- like Hawaii, altho I didn't know they were on Oahu as well. They are very dangerous.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The issue with controlling them is poor management of hunting them.
Arkansas Granny
(31,529 posts)They can really do a lot of damage to farmland and other wildlife in the area. They can be hunted year round and there's no limit on killing them. They breed so fast that it's impossible to get rid of them.
He has allowed others to hunt the feral hogs on his property and friends have killed several of them and had the meat processed and made into sausage. It's quite tasty. I've used it to make sausage gravy, spaghetti sauce, Italian meat balls and several other recipes .
The state has a program where you can take wild game, including hogs, to participating processors and donate the meat to food banks. The state picks up the tab for the processing. I don't think we can eat enough of them to control the population, but every one that is killed is one less to breed.
When you get right down to it, they are free range animals eating a natural diet free of antibiotics and hormones. While they do roll in mud, they aren't standing in their own feces all day long.
3Hotdogs
(12,408 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...and the two problems will solve each other...
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)up there.