From national parks to farmland, feral pig numbers continue to explode despite control efforts. But the pig hunting industry hopes a collection of 10,000 pig ears will provide the answers they have been searching for.
A bold plan by a national hunting group aims to collect 10,000 feral pigs ' ears as part of a study of the animals.When the project concludes at the end of the year, the ears will be handed over to scientists to help eradication research.
"Researchers are not in the habit of collecting 10,000, we just never have the resources to do that," Dr Allen said."If members are out there doing it, then this might be a match made in heaven.The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry estimates feral pigs cost farming more than $100 million each year.
"That number is significant because we'd like it to be the biggest wildlife study in the world," he said.James Trezise, director of the Biodiversity Council, said feral pigs affected almost all forms of Australian wildlife through digging, foraging, trampling, and predation.Mr Trezise said a coordinated approach to management was needed as feral animals did not respect state borders.
"The effort probably of more advantage to put more research into what pigs want to eat," he said.Barry Kelly has 20 years' experience developing and managing feral pig control programs."It's just getting out of hand, it's getting bigger and bigger," Mr Kelly said."It needs to be on a national scale," he said.
"If they're high-quality samples, then the world's your oyster, you can do all sorts of things," Dr Allen said. "We can't help with the way we look, a lot of us look like boofheads, the reality is pig hunters are just normal people.
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