#wildpigs — Public Fediverse posts

THIS IS TOTALLY FUCKED UP!!! They escape, breed, destroy, but can't be hunted?!!

#FeralSwine in #NewHampshire
Information on Feral Swine and Management Strategies

"Since their introduction to North America, #WildPigs have become one of the more serious wildlife problems in the United States. A confirmed feral swine population in New Hampshire, primarily in #Grafton, #Sullivan and #Cheshire Counties, presents a unique management challenge.

"In most states, feral swine are considered an invasive or exotic species. Natural range expansion and illegal introductions, coupled with the extreme adaptability of feral swine, fuel the continued spread of this destructive animal.

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture/APHIS-Wildlife Services (WS) is a good resource for landowners who may be experiencing property and or agricultural damage. WS provides partnership-based Federal leadership to help resolve wildlife conflicts through an integrated wildlife damage management (IWDM) approach. The WS New Hampshire Program also participates in the WS National Wildlife Disease Program’s feral swine disease surveillance and monitoring efforts

Can Feral Swine be Hunted in New Hampshire?

"Feral swine have no legal game status in New Hampshire, but are considered escaped private property and may only be hunted with permission of the property owner. Since 1949, feral swine have been defined in the state as animals 'Running at Large' under RSA 467:3. In southwestern New Hampshire, where the vast majority of the state's feral boar exist, they are considered the property of #BlueMountainForestAssociation, a privately owned preserve located in #CroydonNH. Permission is required to hunt free-ranging wild boar that escape from this property. If permission is granted (which it typically is), you will need to have a current regular NH hunting license, and you must hunt within legal hunting hours. Note that feral wild boar are limited in number and are difficult to locate without local knowledge."

Source:
https://www.wildlife.nh.gov/wildlife-and-habitat/nuisance-wildlife/feral-swine-new-hampshire

#RichWeirdoes #MillionairesClub
#InvasiveSpecies #FeralSwine #FeralSwineBomb #FeralHog #CorbinPark

"[Mammal scientist Marcus Chua] suspected that the sudden collapse of the wild pig population (Sus scrofa) due to African swine fever would be a game changer for the greater mouse-deer (Tragulus napu), one of the world’s smallest hooved mammals.
[...]
In the year after the outbreak, the mouse-deer population quintupled to 293 individuals per sq km between 2019 and 2024."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/how-a-fatal-virus-sparked-pulau-ubins-mouse-deer-boom

#Mammals #Ecology #MouseDeer #Singapore #WildPigs #SwineFever

The pigs on the beach were interesting, but not quite worthy of the Hype. However, Big-O's for lunch was quite nice!

https://medium.com/skicats-earth-adventures/share-the-sail-bahamas-day-5-pig-beach-at-no-name-cay-c2309b828be8?sk=e48ff925e735da6afcb5688431336116
#sailing #bahamas #yacht #yachting #party #beachparty #pigs #wildpigs #noname #nonamecay

"The #WildPigs in #Canada are unique because they were originally crossbred by humans to be larger and more cold-hardy than their feral cousins to the south. This suite of traits has earned them the name “super pigs”...they likely do their most severe damage through predation. Wild pigs kill and eat rodents, deer, birds, snakes, frogs, lizards and salamanders. This probably best explains why colleagues and I found in one study that forest patches with wild pigs had 26% fewer mammal and bird species than similar forest patches without pigs." #birds #birding

Singapore's wildlife featured by @hakaimagazine

"A hyperabundance of wild pigs may cause cascading ecological consequences including erosion, overgrazing, and vegetation damage. “The ability of wild pigs to disperse across a cityscape exceeded our predictions,” the authors say. They recommend keeping a close eye on their numbers and using active population control to keep the porkers in check."

https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-pigs-in-the-city/

#Singapore #Biodiversity #WildPigs #Nature