Invasion of the super pigs

[JimW]

Already running rampant in Canada, looks like super pigs are likely to head south for the States. Turns out a cross-breed of wild boar and domestic pigs is both tough as nails and breeds like billy-ho. How did things come to this pass? That'll be our friends the livestock farmers:

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 free.

Other interesting snippet is they have banned hunting them, as the kill rate is way lower than the replacements rate and it only makes the pigs wary and harder to trap by other methods.

A population of hard-to-eradicate ‘super pigs’ in Canada is threatening to invade the US

Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop an invasion of wild pigs from Canada.

apnews.com

 

[cupid_stunt]

That's a challenge for our new foreign secretary.

 

[Silas Loom]

Neal Stephenson already did that plotline in Termination Shock.

 

[trabuquera]

Been an issue even for the hardy denizens of Florida and the Carolinas for some time now. The hogs have the USA in a pincer movement and porcine supremacy will only be a matter of time

'Perfect' Feral Pigs Are Casually Destroying the Country. No One Can Stop Them.

This is a crisis without a solution.

www.popularmechanics.com

 

[ska invita]

I for one etc...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Is there time for one to be nominated as the republican presidential candidate?

 

[Ax^]

Don trotters for prez!!

 

[WouldBe]

Need to eat more bacon sarnies.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Good on the pigs. Serves humans right for messing with them.

 

[Voley]

I'd like a few roaming our woods, keeping the children in check.

 

[kalmatthew]

Is there time for one to be nominated as the republican presidential candidate?

They probably don't want to take the risk while Cameron is in the foreign office!