Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

JacksinPA · Mar 8, 2022

Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

Expert says pigs are ‘worst invasive wild mammal on the planet’, carrying diseases, destroying crops and contaminating water

www.theguardian.com

The Canadian city of Edmonton may soon be hogtied with a problem that it won’t be able to barbecue its way out of.

Wild pigs have been spreading across central Alberta’s prairies and if left unchecked, could soon find themselves in the river valley of Edmonton. According to Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan professor studying the pigs, the creatures are an “ecological trainwreck” and would cause “absolute destruction” if they make their way to the river valley, which is abundant in water and forest cover.

“They tear up the forest floor, native grasslands get destroyed, wetlands, water systems. They feed on anything where they can, and will kill any pets, for sure,” Brook told the Edmonton Journal.
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And I thought we had problems.

JMB802 · Mar 8, 2022

I grew up in the suburbs in the Northeast and wasn't familiar with feral hogs and wild boar. One day my elementary-aged child came home from her rural area school in the South and was all excited to tell me, "We had a short recess today because the wild pigs came to the playground!". I said, "Are you sure? That doesn't sound like a true story".

She was indignant and it was true.

Queen Margo · Mar 8, 2022

Don't worry Trudeau will freeze their bank accounts and they will go away.

Rexedgar · Mar 8, 2022

All species on earth will destroy their environment if left unchecked, imo.

Lord Tammerlain · Mar 8, 2022

Rexedgar said:
All species on earth will destroy their environment if left unchecked, imo.

Predation and disease usually take care of it eventually. The pigs come in, then we let the cougars in. The pigs are kept in check and the river valley is off limits to the long pigs ( ie humans)

Roadvirus · Mar 8, 2022

JacksinPA said:
Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

Expert says pigs are ‘worst invasive wild mammal on the planet’, carrying diseases, destroying crops and contaminating water

www.theguardian.com

The Canadian city of Edmonton may soon be hogtied with a problem that it won’t be able to barbecue its way out of.

Wild pigs have been spreading across central Alberta’s prairies and if left unchecked, could soon find themselves in the river valley of Edmonton. According to Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan professor studying the pigs, the creatures are an “ecological trainwreck” and would cause “absolute destruction” if they make their way to the river valley, which is abundant in water and forest cover.

“They tear up the forest floor, native grasslands get destroyed, wetlands, water systems. They feed on anything where they can, and will kill any pets, for sure,” Brook told the Edmonton Journal.
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And I thought we had problems.

Feral hogs are a big problem in the US too. Mostly in the South.

Lord Tammerlain · Mar 8, 2022

Roadvirus said:
Feral hogs are a big problem in the US too. Mostly in the South.

The Canadian ones I believe came from game farms, ie hunting farms

gbg3 · Mar 8, 2022

Queen Margo said:
Don't worry Trudeau will freeze their bank accounts and they will go away.

Lol!!!

phoenix2020 · Mar 8, 2022

I recommend that we transport all of Canada's wild pigs to Moscow. Win-win.

Slartibartfast · Mar 8, 2022

JacksinPA said:
Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

Expert says pigs are ‘worst invasive wild mammal on the planet’, carrying diseases, destroying crops and contaminating water

www.theguardian.com

The Canadian city of Edmonton may soon be hogtied with a problem that it won’t be able to barbecue its way out of.

Wild pigs have been spreading across central Alberta’s prairies and if left unchecked, could soon find themselves in the river valley of Edmonton. According to Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan professor studying the pigs, the creatures are an “ecological trainwreck” and would cause “absolute destruction” if they make their way to the river valley, which is abundant in water and forest cover.

“They tear up the forest floor, native grasslands get destroyed, wetlands, water systems. They feed on anything where they can, and will kill any pets, for sure,” Brook told the Edmonton Journal.
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And I thought we had problems.

Canada is already lost.

Checkerboard Strangler · Mar 8, 2022

JacksinPA said:
Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

Expert says pigs are ‘worst invasive wild mammal on the planet’, carrying diseases, destroying crops and contaminating water

www.theguardian.com

The Canadian city of Edmonton may soon be hogtied with a problem that it won’t be able to barbecue its way out of.

Wild pigs have been spreading across central Alberta’s prairies and if left unchecked, could soon find themselves in the river valley of Edmonton. According to Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan professor studying the pigs, the creatures are an “ecological trainwreck” and would cause “absolute destruction” if they make their way to the river valley, which is abundant in water and forest cover.

“They tear up the forest floor, native grasslands get destroyed, wetlands, water systems. They feed on anything where they can, and will kill any pets, for sure,” Brook told the Edmonton Journal.
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And I thought we had problems.

Bodi · Mar 8, 2022

Rexedgar said:
All species on earth will destroy their environment if left unchecked, imo.

Not humanity... we solve problems.

Carjosse · Mar 8, 2022

Lord Tammerlain said:
The Canadian ones I believe came from game farms, ie hunting farms

It is almost like we should stop letting people raise invasive species en masse.

joluoto · Mar 9, 2022

Is it 30-50 feral hogs?

Scrabaholic · Apr 1, 2022

JacksinPA said:
Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

Expert says pigs are ‘worst invasive wild mammal on the planet’, carrying diseases, destroying crops and contaminating water

www.theguardian.com

The Canadian city of Edmonton may soon be hogtied with a problem that it won’t be able to barbecue its way out of.

Wild pigs have been spreading across central Alberta’s prairies and if left unchecked, could soon find themselves in the river valley of Edmonton. According to Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan professor studying the pigs, the creatures are an “ecological trainwreck” and would cause “absolute destruction” if they make their way to the river valley, which is abundant in water and forest cover.

“They tear up the forest floor, native grasslands get destroyed, wetlands, water systems. They feed on anything where they can, and will kill any pets, for sure,” Brook told the Edmonton Journal.
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And I thought we had problems.

The govt should offer a bounty and, if safe to eat, donate the meat to food banks and soup kitchens.

Evilroddy · Apr 1, 2022

I guess we, the mock pork, don't like a little competition from the feral pork. Competing interests. Maybe we should thoink harder about this. How boaring.

Cheers and be pork.
Evilroddy.

Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked

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