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People in Canada and the northern U.S. should report any sightings of feral pigs to their local conservation officers and to the Squeal on Pigs program Why do

People in Canada and the northern U.S. should report any sightings of feral pigs to their local conservation officers and to the Squeal on Pigs program Why do they have a link at the end of the article asking people in Canada to report the pigs to the Montana government? [1] Are the US and Canada putting in a temporary agreement to allow Montana hunters into Canada to thin the herd and if so are they bringing disease testing centers into the loop? Or is this just a wording issue and I am interpreting it incorrectly? Perhaps they meant respectively? [1] - https://invasivespecies.mt.gov/montana-invasive-species/squeal-on-pigs https://invasivespecies.mt.gov/montana-invasive-species/sque...

ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
What do you mean by disease testing centers?
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  Hunters have animals tested for a myriad of diseases prior to being consumed. There are some diseases that spread to humans and some that have not yet spread but will be world changing events when they do. Deer and Elk around me for example are tested for Chronic Wasting Disease which is a misfolded prion disease with no cure. [1] It's why I make 30 food piles for 28 deer every day. Feral swine can carry several diseases that can be passed to humans such as leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, brucellosis, tularemia, trichinellosis, swine influenza, salmonella, hepatitis and pathogenic E. coli. [2] They can also spread this to your pets and livestock. Brucellosis has been a recent problem in Montana for example. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease [2] - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/operational-activities/feral-swine/feral-swine-damage/feral-swine-risks-pets-people https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/ope...
Aperocky 4y ago
> article asking people in Canada to report the pigs to the Montana government This is too laughable, and it's not even that far out of context.
maxerickson 4y ago
The brochure there says that hunting is banned. Whoever is authorized to do the culls is apparently trained to eradicate entire groups, so that they don't further disperse and/or learn to avoid hunters. The eradication in Montana appears to be relatively successful.

ThrowawayTestr 4y ago

What do you mean by disease testing centers?

LinuxBender 4y ago
Hunters have animals tested for a myriad of diseases prior to being consumed. There are some diseases that spread to humans and some that have not yet spread but will be world changing events when they do. Deer and Elk around me for example are tested for Chronic Wasting Disease which is a misfolded prion disease with no cure. [1] It's why I make 30 food piles for 28 deer every day. Feral swine can carry several diseases that can be passed to humans such as leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, brucellosis, tularemia, trichinellosis, swine influenza, salmonella, hepatitis and pathogenic E. coli. [2] They can also spread this to your pets and livestock. Brucellosis has been a recent problem in Montana for example. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease [2] - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/operational-activities/feral-swine/feral-swine-damage/feral-swine-risks-pets-people https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/ope...

Aperocky 4y ago

> article asking people in Canada to report the pigs to the Montana government This is too laughable, and it's not even that far out of context.

maxerickson 4y ago

The brochure there says that hunting is banned. Whoever is authorized to do the culls is apparently trained to eradicate entire groups, so that they don't further disperse and/or learn to avoid hunters. The eradication in Montana appears to be relatively successful.