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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So does this mean we’re going to have secure borders now?
Welp, guess we better go into lockdown then.
Nailed it. 😂
They’re good eatin’ my sources tell me.
Lots of back bacon. LOTS, eh??
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.
There are already European wild boar/pig hybrids running amok in the southeast United States.
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
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
You know ammunition
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.
Not really, that’s all I can remember. Got more guns than guitars, and I got a bunch of guitars.
I know how to kill pigs.
You beat me to it
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.
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