Wild pigs, often crossbreeds of wild Eurasian boar and domestic swine, are spreading out of control in Canada, posing an ecological threat. The problem dates back to the 1980s when farmers were encouraged to raise wild boar, but the market collapsed and some animals were set free.
FILE - Two feral hogs are caught in a trap on a farm in rural Washington County, Mo., Jan. 27, 2019. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, file), 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.
They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create a “super pig” that's spreading out of control. 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.” 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 fre
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