Posted on 11/24/2023 5:26:30 AM PST by jerod
Hard-to-eradicate swine exploding in Canada and threatening to spill south of the border: expert
An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.
In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat.
Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and one of Canada's leading authorities on the problem, calls feral swine, "the most invasive animal on the planet" and "an ecological train wreck."
They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create what Brook describes as a "superpig" that's spreading out of control.
Pigs are not native to North America.
While they've roamed parts of the continent for centuries, Canada's problem dates back only to the 1980s when it encouraged farmers to raise wild boar, Brook said.
The market collapsed after peaking in 2001 and some frustrated farmers simply cut their fences, setting the animals free.
It turned out that the pigs were very good at surviving Canadian winters.
Smart, adaptable and furry, they eat anything, including crops and wildlife. They tear up land when they root for bugs and crops.
But the young ones are probably very tasty.
You need to read some books.
Bangs/brucellosis wiped most of the bison. My family raised beef in Texas. The cows had to have a bangs vaccine by 6 months of age.
Wild pigs also carry brucellosis and kill trees by rubbing on them and spreading oak wilt.
I've killed many a hog with .22 LR...it might take more than one round, but it got the job done.
Evidence? I am aware that pigs (and bears) harbor trichinosis, but the trichina larva and eggs ARE killed by cooking. Which other parasites?
Completely agree.
One day I’m going hunting with those guys! To much fun!
You need a sense of humor.
I always cook pork until it is done. Same with chicken. No pinky meat.
And if that were true, people across the South would be dying in droves. We all eat them. I have shot a few with lice that are not harmful to humans but my family said they weren’t eating them so they went back to the woods. The buzzards gotta eat, same as the worm.
Harvested? No. Killed? Well past 300.
I leave them where they drop, unless it’s in the middle of planted field.
I’ve had wild boar’s ribs. They’re delicious! 😋
https://fromfieldtotable.com/blog/are-wild-hogs-safe-to-eat/
Bear in mind we live in a highly litigious society. Anyone getting sick can file a lawsuit for millions.
My guess is the meat industry doesn’t want to take that risk.
Now if you go out and harvest the meat yourself or get it from a friend or family and choose to take the risk, that’s on you.
Cattle farmers have been dealing with brucellosis for a long, long time and we still eat lots of steak, and that “not” well done as with pork, so there must be some palliative available...vaccination maybe?
I don’t think any large company is ever going to get into the business of harvesting and selling feral hog parts. I don’t see any way to do so other than a small business, local community basis.
A sarcasm tag is appreciated around here. It goes like this: /s
Those work. I either go with 425 grains of 310 feet per second carbon arrows, or I get lazy and use the .308 or 30/30.
I think I’ve only used .00 buckshot on a hog just one time. Wasted alot ribs and backstrap.
Why, are you autistic? It wasn’t sarcasm, I was clearly inserting the wild boar into the historic descriptions of the Great Plains buffalo.
It does indeed come from the fact hunting animals is a game or sport.
From the Middle English ‘gamen’ which meant sport.
Only animals not consumed
by humans are not considered
to be “game” animals, such
as foxes, coyotes, bobcats,
etc.
The reason for hunting hogs
at night is it’s the most
effective way for
extermination. Pen traps
or spiked feeding stations
also kill off any other
animals attracted to the
bait.
Some states utilize game &
fish officers via helicopters
in broad daylight, but it’s
a slow process and expensive.
It’s my guess the guys in the
video are hired by the area
farmers due the massive crop
destruction, and are not out
there just for the “sport”
of mass slaughter.
First things first, they are bison, not buffalo.
Holler back at me later when you get done jacking off.
Oh crap, I’m turning into gunner...
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