Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading America

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  • A special breed of hybridsuper pigsfrom Canada have started to travel south into the northern United States.
  • Thepigspose a threat to native wildlife and may prove tough to eradicate.
  • The spread of the pigs has only increased in recent years.

A hybrid breed of super pigs—a mix of a domestic pig and a wild boar—is running wild in Canada. And now they have their sights set on the United States.

Originally crossbred to help farmed pigs grow larger and tolerate the cold temperatures of Canada, a drop in the market about two decades ago led some farmers to let their hybrid pigs…

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2 thoughts on “Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading America

  1. “Deception may be our only hope.”

    The piggishness of hunters and F&G agencies, again shines through. Perhaps, native predators such as bears, wolves, and mountain lions, might learn to take down the pigs, as do the Florida panthers with feral pigs (typically young ones). But, as in Florida, hunters don’t want to 1) share huntable pigs with carnivores, and 2) give up opportunity to kill big trophies. With true conservationists, only gun powder and lead can manage problem wildlife. The more invasive species introduced to increase opportunity, and the more damage caused by the alien wildlife, the better for the Hook & Bullet crowd, and, of course, the weapons industry and the fancy camo and equipment suppliers.

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