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  1. "During the horror 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, which tore across more than half of the island, destroying countless native animals and protected plant species, it's believed feral population #pig numbers were also reduced by an astonishing 90 per cent —an unexpected but welcomed outcome"

    au.news.yahoo.com/unexpected-w

    #invasivespecies #eradication #feralpigs #KangarooIsland

  2. Interesting. One of the most remarkable eradications of a feral species from an island in history, and the collective response from the media is ... meh

    conservationbytes.com/2024/12/

    Consider that Kangaroo Island — Australia's 3rd largest at 4430 km2 — is just over half the size of Corsica

    Removing all the pigs was no simple task

    #invasivespecies #feralpigs #KangarooIsland #Karta

  3. @soniashah @NatGeo The more I hear about feral pigs or hogs, the more I like it as a solution to many #NYC problems. There are no crops in #NYC to eat outside of gated gardens. They will be a problem for motorists. Will they be a problem for bicyclists? Their presence will encourage all bikers to go slow. They will eat non-native invasives such as #japaneseKnotWeed, #ItalianArum and #LesserCelandine as they root around.

    #FeralHogs #FeralPigs #eBikes #Cars