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Wild 'super pigs' in Canada poised to wreak environmental havoc, spread disease in US, expert says
Fox News ^ | February 21, 2023 7:30pm EST | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 02/21/2023 9:22:49 PM PST by Olog-hai

A cross-bred “super pig” from Canada is poised to wreak havoc on the environment in the United States and must be dealt with aggressively and immediately, a wildlife expert told Fox News Digital.

“These pigs are easily the worst invasive large mammal on the planet,” said Dr. Ryan Brook, an assistant professor in the department of animal and poultry science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

These “super pigs” are actually a cross between a European wild boar and a domestic pig, Brook said.

The pigs “cause crop damage, destroy natural environments, get into cities, destroy water quality and can spread disease to humans, livestock, pets and native wildlife,” he also noted.

The pigs are coming into the U.S. from Canada as their numbers swell there, causing populations to migrate south. Left unchecked, these “super pigs” could negatively impact just about everyone, Brook emphasized. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: canada; pigs; superpigs; wildpigs
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Funny how Doctor Ryan Brook glosses over the fact that Sus scrofa is Sus scrofa. Guess we’re in for a bacon bonanza.
1 posted on 02/21/2023 9:22:49 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

So does this mean we’re going to have secure borders now?


2 posted on 02/21/2023 9:29:17 PM PST by MAGA2017
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To: Olog-hai

Welp, guess we better go into lockdown then.


3 posted on 02/21/2023 9:29:50 PM PST by fr_freak
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Canadian Super Pig...
4 posted on 02/21/2023 9:30:12 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nailed it. 😂


5 posted on 02/21/2023 9:30:58 PM PST by Allegra
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To: Olog-hai

They’re good eatin’ my sources tell me.


6 posted on 02/21/2023 9:34:28 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (eleutheromaniac)
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To: Olog-hai

Lots of back bacon. LOTS, eh??


7 posted on 02/21/2023 9:39:37 PM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: Olog-hai

Organize a Pig Lift, all the way to Africa. It will solve a lot of hunger problems.
Trick Biden that he’s signing permission for more billions to Ukraine. Will be easier than taking bbq pork rinds from a baby.


8 posted on 02/21/2023 9:41:14 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Olog-hai

There are already European wild boar/pig hybrids running amok in the southeast United States.


9 posted on 02/21/2023 10:22:13 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (The Ukraine is dead, the head just doesn't know it yet.)
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Dearborn Michigan isn't far from Canada. Herd the pigs into Dearborn and let them eat the muslims.

10 posted on 02/21/2023 10:26:12 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Olog-hai
Super Pig


11 posted on 02/21/2023 10:26:22 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: BenLurkin

The same thing has occurred here in the U.S.
There have been reports of hunters killing huge wild hogs.
Domestic male hogs will go feral after 24 hours in the wild.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/alabama-boy-kills-1051-pound-monster-pig-bigger-than-hogzilla


12 posted on 02/21/2023 10:35:12 PM PST by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Olog-hai

13 posted on 02/21/2023 11:18:57 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Been hunting them most of my life. 200+ down. A lot with a .22 to the ear. Some with a 9mm carbine, some with a 5.56. One with a .410, several with arrows. I know pigs


14 posted on 02/21/2023 11:45:51 PM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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I know pigs

You know ammunition

15 posted on 02/21/2023 11:47:20 PM PST by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: Olog-hai

They use to talk about super criminals 40 years back….now it’s super pigs.

The super criminals came to be…pigs next.

Shoot em.


16 posted on 02/21/2023 11:57:23 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: Ahithophel

Not really, that’s all I can remember. Got more guns than guitars, and I got a bunch of guitars.


17 posted on 02/22/2023 12:06:13 AM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: Ahithophel

I know how to kill pigs.


18 posted on 02/22/2023 12:10:31 AM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: wildcard_redneck

You beat me to it


19 posted on 02/22/2023 12:10:38 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: waterhill

Snuck up on a piglet once and grabbed it by the hind leg and flung it. Wife had it on her phone, she started screaming I was crazy. I said I know these things and how they work and react, live, and eat. I know them. She about peed.


20 posted on 02/22/2023 12:37:33 AM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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