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.”
In Texas we can shoot 'em from helicopters with fully automatic weapons. (Seriously) 🤠
Do you play Panama by Van Halen while you do it? Cause I’m imagining that right now.
Hell yeah, right after Fortunate Son and Ride of the Valkyries
You’re just teaching them how to use helicopters!
It’s one of those things that could really only happen in 'murica 😆
Unless there’s a lot of clear view of the herds (not many places for the pigs to hide from sight), that sounds counterproductive. Then again, I really don’t know squat about Texas other than stereotypes. Mostly barren desert? What about rocky outcrops?
No rocky outcrops, west Texas is a barren wasteland like you’re thinking, but in east Texas, we have some pretty good forest action going on.