An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, 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 boars 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.”
The most invasive animal on the planet.
I think humans win that trophy.
Yeah, way into the planetary infestation phase too, and already triggered the 6th mass extinction event.
Yeah those guys are distant second at best.
We should handle it the same way we treat invasive animals 🙂
At least they sound like a viable game animal. Invasive species to you, 100lbs of free pork for Billy out in the woods. We use it to control deer populations from exploding in certain areas where we’ve removed the top predator though, and we just kinda take its place. Can potentially help with any animal that has the misfortune of being both tasty and economical to go out and hunt for.
Won’t eradicate them or anything, but will help keep them in check. It’s a facet of that old alliance between hunters/fishermen and environmental activists.
Unfortunately they’ll still see population growth…
That means 65% or more of a wild pig population could be killed every year and it will still increase, Brook said. Hunting just makes the problem worse, he said. The success rate for hunters is only about 2% to 3% and several states have banned hunting because it makes the pigs more wary and nocturnal — tougher to track down and eradicate.
They are clever animals. You have to play the long con if you want to deal with their populations. Ive seen things where they actually feed them and gradually pen them in and the liquidate the whole drove.
My family in GA does a lot of this. They are farmers & have been successful in keeping feral hogs out of their fields. Hunting & trapping absolutely does work, you just have to know what the hell you’re doing.
The success rate for hunters is only about 2% to 3%
What does that mean? What is the definition of success?
A hunter does not need to make 33 to 50 trips to get one kill (a 2% - 3% success rate). Clearly the definition of success here is whack.
One would assume success means killing an animal when you go out on the hunt. 2-3% seems ludicrously low though, i grew up hunting in southern Illinois to feed our family and the success rate for deer was easily ten times that number on a bad year
I think it means that when they go out and shoot a pig or two, that’s only 2-3% of the herd
Gotcha, but if 10 hunters in the herds area do that for a week straight, no more herd as intended right? Or just say open season on the invasive wild hogs and the hunters will go kill enough to fill their deep freezes and will go do it again as soon as stock starts running out
I think I could only fit a single hog in my freezer.
The real way to fast track the extermination would be to allow the hunters to sell the meat, or some other incentive to destory entire herds
If you sell meat it’s supposed to be federally inspected. That’s the catch-point here.
Time to allow hunters to bring in M60 machine guns.
Ironically they are nicknamed “the pig”.
The issue with vermin animals that have free range licenses is that you get a lot of people that have no idea what they’re doing, usually teenagers, out there that teach the animals to avoid humans.
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People have been setting up cages with bait and trapping them by the dozens.
You’re blowing this way out of proportion.
The traps only work once. They learn very quickly.
That’s not true.
Wanna come get some of these pigs then?..because the traos don’t work any more.
“Super pigs” — called the “most invasive animal on the planet”
Human: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
Super Human: Hold my beer
Just declare open season and no bag limit on pigs in all northern states. I guarantee you all the Bubbas and outdoorsmen will take care of it.
They’re not able to keep up with the breeding in Texas, and there’s even helicopter tours where you can try and wipe out whole herds at a time.
I have seen this in Louisiana, too. They will use helicopters(I even saw one mounted with a light machine gun) and gun down hundreds at a time. It still isn’t enough, and they have a lot of Bubbas down there hunting them in one way or another.
To your point, I ran across this video of an eradication attempt. Insane numbers being killed but they keep coming.
In many states it is, not just northern. Iirc Texas will pay you to take an AR into a field and take out as many as you can. People even organize hunts from helicopters hunting herds like they should have Fortunate Son playing (no full auto though just ARs and typically BYOAR and ammo iirc.)
These are super pigs, we’ll need an upgrade.
AR-15-2 when?
Well, you’d just increase the calibre. AR-10, technically a predecessor.
It’s actually pretty easy to find AR-15s in larger calibers, modular design for the win I guess.
For example, with a little bit of work you can have them fire these fellas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_Beowulf
Okay, actually a lot of work, including probably having to do your own reloading, but still.
For sure but I’d still take .308 over one of those proprietary calibers. Or 6.5 grendel if I can’t pick .308.
But you can find AR-15s in .308!
Well you’d need an AR-10 lower, upper, BCG, dust cover, barrel, barrel nut, handguard, bolt catch, gas block, buffer weight, lpk, mag catch (unless DPMS AR-10, they fit the AR-15 mag catch), and muzzle device, making it an AR-10.
The triggers, hammers, stocks, grips, tubes, mag rel buttons, and safties are interchangable though, yes.
And helicoptor safari companies breed pigs to sell more helicoptor safaris
Not in the US, unless you have proof I haven’t seen. They literally don’t need to, as per the article they already breed faster in the wild than we can kill them, seems like a waste of money to breed them when you can just use the wild ones that are already there.
Never underestimate Cletus
So just making shit up, got it.
This is already the case in Saskatchewan and it hasn’t managed to curb the population.
Right, under Canadian gun laws, so they’re plinking them with bolt action .308s
Wait til SuperPork wanders into AR country…
Actually, some states ban hunting with AR-15’s because the round isn’t deadly enough for a clean kill.
My smart-assed comparison:
But to be fair, if you want to engage multiple targets, the AR is far more controllable.
Cody and the people at Some More News have been warning us for YEARS of this menace: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkJemc4T5NYZRH_2kTRBKeYVf6mmx0lQK&si=-A-aUBoR8svt17W2
More like… Some Boar News!
I think we’ve categorically shown that indeed, always some boar news.
I can hear him screaming now incoherently as he chugs his wet juice down his glug hole. The poor ignored hero we all didnt deserve.
I was about to say this. He warned us!
They didn’t listen! And now it’s too late…
Do they not taste good or something?
No, Thėy təste aɓSlutelƴ awefull!
-Sined, Not Ae Pig
REEEEE! Absholuutely, what thish guy RRRREEEEEEE shaid… Tashtes like sssshhiiit…
I’ve seen a little video on them. Apparently their meat is not good for consumption and tastes horrible due to their diet. But I’ve never tried super pig before, so right now it’s only speculation.
Apparently their meat is not good for consumption and tastes horrible due to their diet
I wonder how much selection pressure humans are applying in favour of this trait, since it’s the ultimate defence against human predation . One of the best defences that Canada geese have is that they taste terrible too.
But they should still be good enough for the McRib right?
If they are anything like the wild boars in Texas they are incredibly gamey, which some people don’t mind and others can’t stand. I’m sure that there is a way to prepare them that makes them more palletable
I love problems we can eat our way out of… if we almost wiped out the buffalo these little shits shouldn’t be an issue.
Buffalo weren’t eaten to almost extinction. And they don’t give birth to 10 calves at a time.
I almost wish they were eaten to death, they were actually left to rot on the plains …
A problem I’ve heard with them is that they’re super smart. You trap one boar in a bear trap or something and that’s the only boar you’re catching from that region with that same type of trap.
and we all made fun of that 30-50 feral hogs guy
truly we were the fools all along
Feral hogs have been a problem for a while. They do tons of damage to southern agriculture each year. USDA estimates 1.5 billion dollars worth annually. https://www.nifa.usda.gov/about-nifa/impacts/southern-region-land-grant-researchers-finding-feral-hog-solutions
super pigs from the north
feral hogs from the south
humanity’s days are numbered
Oh no, it’s animal farm.
No, we made fun of the fact that the dude was imagining himself going full Doom through an ocean of pig blood to reach his kids on the other side.
Can’t this be solved in a way where we get tons of super bacon?
Yeah, actually. The regions this will spill into have lots of hunters.
And year long McRibs, carnitas, al pastor, jeff pastor, etc.
They reproduce faster than they can be hunted.
Call it an immigrant caravan of Al Queda terrorist who are bringing the gay communist agenda of socialism who read in drag to children.
Problem solved. You’re welcome.
So… unlimited bacon?
unlimited trouble.
Give a tax break to Hormel, Hillshire Farms, and Oscar Meyer
Super-pigs threatening to invade America?
I knew all that military spending would come in handy
What are chances US loses the North American Boar War?
100 %. Well, probably it’ll become sort of a frozen conflict and a steady income for the ammunition industry, sort of a lose (US) — lose (boars) — win (ammunition industry) situation.
The only enemy boars have to fear is influenza.
Pork for the pork God.Build a wall! The pigs are going to pay for it!
“most invasive animal on the planet”
Oh, just wait until you find out about humans…
Can wild wolves keep them in check? Coyotes seem too small to kill an adult wild pig. (I have no idea.)
Imagine thinking about a working natural ecosystem (co)existing in the same era as humans, preposterous.
:'(
I’d imagine wolves wouldn’t be able to. Predators don’t survive by picking hard fights.
Sounds like we need super wolves. Make them bigger, like the ones in Lord of the Rings :)
If it’s similar to the boars we have in some areas here, the wolves better bring the whole gang and protective equipment :/
I know this is bad, but I also know I’m not the only one whose first thought was, “super bacon”.
