#feralpigs — Public Fediverse posts

Stopping the spread of invasive Chinese carp and their ideology by releasing feral pigs into all public waterways, recreational reservoirs, and ornamental fountains.
#FeralPigs 🐖 🐟 🐖

Graziers fear disease spread as feral pigs run rampant in Queensland: Graziers say they have never seen so many feral pigs in outback Queensland and they want more government support to control the population. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-01-24/feral-pigs-queensland-graziers-fear-disease-spread/104836816?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NorthWestQueensland #Feralpests #Feralpigs

"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"

https://au.news.yahoo.com/unexpected-way-pristine-aussie-island-wiped-out-invasive-threat-not-nice-053229896.html

#invasivespecies #eradication #feralpigs #KangarooIsland

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

https://conservationbytes.com/2024/12/04/5000-piggies-500-piggies-100-piggies-and-there-there-was-none/

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

Probably not the Canadian invasion they were expecting: https://boingboing.net/2023/02/27/more-than-30-50-feral-canadian-hybrid-super-pigs-reportedly-headed-towards-usa.html

#Canada #USA #FeralPigs

‘Incredibly intelligent, highly elusive’: US faces new threat from Canadian ‘super pig’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/20/us-threat-canada-super-pig-boar?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #FeralPigs

@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

A few nights in Congaree. #Backpacking #NPS #NationalParks #FeralPigs

This little piggy doesn’t like heat and low barometric pressure - Enlarge (credit: Frank Sommariva)

Pigs have a long and illustr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1819469 #feralpigs #livestock #diseases #science #weather #pigs