>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.”
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>Smart, adaptable and furry, they eat anything, including crops and wildlife.
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>“Nobody should be surprised when pigs start walking across that border if they haven’t already,” Brook said. “The question is: What will be done about it?”
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>That could include big ground traps with names like “BoarBuster” or net guns fired from helicopters. Some states and provinces embrace crowdsourced “Squeal on Pigs” tracking programs.
>It turned out that the pigs were very good at surviving Canadian winters. Smart, adaptable and furry, they eat anything, including crops and wildlife. They tear up land when they root for bugs and crops. They can spread devastating diseases to hog farms like African swine fever. And they reproduce quickly. A sow can have six piglets in a litter and raise two litters in a year.
That means 65 per cent 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 two to three per cent and several states have banned hunting because it makes the pigs more wary and nocturnal — tougher to track down and eradicate.
We had them in Northern CA. At dusk in late summer we could see dozens of them in all shapes and sizes running through the grazing fields across from the house. They had a nasty habit of destroying people’s yards. We stopped them for a while by using a motion sensor sprinkler.
The HOA were useless and tried putting up traps. Pigs were too smart for that shit. Another brilliant move was to hire hunters that tried to hunt them at night. The pigs adapted to that too.
BaltimoreBadger23 says
Question: can they be farmed for Super Bacon?
6heavy0kevy4 says
1812 2.0
lastprophecy says
So, if Canada is conquering America with super pigs, how long do I have to wait for a Tim Hortons to open here?
wmgh says
This is when a domestically owned AR15 can actually come in handy
HighAsFucDosHornsRUp says
My redneck relatives think this is pretty cute
Gordon_Explosion says
The super pigs will quickly learn what a country with the most guns per capita is all about.
Alastor3 says
After Goose and Moose, we have Sooper Pigs! That’s how we invade!
gerardatjob says
I hope they (US) won’t discover we’re equipping them with laser and stuff 😀
Sorry 🙂
morenewsat11 says
Epic sausage opportunity for the taking:
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>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.”
…
>Smart, adaptable and furry, they eat anything, including crops and wildlife.
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>“Nobody should be surprised when pigs start walking across that border if they haven’t already,” Brook said. “The question is: What will be done about it?”
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>That could include big ground traps with names like “BoarBuster” or net guns fired from helicopters. Some states and provinces embrace crowdsourced “Squeal on Pigs” tracking programs.
Gupta_Gupti_Gupta says
Nah that’s just my ex
Kleenexexpress says
ManBearPig: Origins
Deon_the_Great says
Get ‘em boys
gokism says
>It turned out that the pigs were very good at surviving Canadian winters. Smart, adaptable and furry, they eat anything, including crops and wildlife. They tear up land when they root for bugs and crops. They can spread devastating diseases to hog farms like African swine fever. And they reproduce quickly. A sow can have six piglets in a litter and raise two litters in a year.
That means 65 per cent 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 two to three per cent and several states have banned hunting because it makes the pigs more wary and nocturnal — tougher to track down and eradicate.
We had them in Northern CA. At dusk in late summer we could see dozens of them in all shapes and sizes running through the grazing fields across from the house. They had a nasty habit of destroying people’s yards. We stopped them for a while by using a motion sensor sprinkler.
The HOA were useless and tried putting up traps. Pigs were too smart for that shit. Another brilliant move was to hire hunters that tried to hunt them at night. The pigs adapted to that too.
CirclleySquare says
What are their demands?
External_Somewhere76 says
Did they send a message to the White House about the impending invasion? How are they threatening this info?