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Information on why some states and the Feds have chosen to attempt to eradicate feral pig populations: > How are feral pigs destructive? Let us count the ways.
by GeekyBear 1y ago
Information on why some states and the Feds have chosen to attempt to eradicate feral pig populations:
> How are feral pigs destructive? Let us count the ways.
They are invasive and cause millions of dollars in agricultural damage each year, rooting and trampling through a wide variety of crops. They prey on everything from rodents, to deer, to endangered loggerhead sea turtles, threatening to reduce the diversity of native species. They disrupt habitats. They damage archaeological sites. They are capable of transmitting diseases to domestic animals and humans. In November, a woman died in Texas after being attacked by feral hogs—a very rare, but not unprecedented occurrence.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/feral-pigs-are-invasive-voracious-and-resilient-theyre-also-spreading-180973824/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/feral-pigs-are-inv...
- cheald 1y agoThey also breed extraordinarily quickly. Females are capable of reproducing at only 3 months old, are fertile year round, have a gestation period of only 115 days, and produce litters of 4-6 per pregnancy. Even with control efforts, populations have been growing at a rate of ~20% annually.
- octopoc 1y agoYeah I’ve heard that you can legally use corn with alcohol poured over it as bait for wild pigs in some states. When they’re good and drunk, you turn your headlights on and start shooting. Playing the national anthem while doing it helps disorient them as well.
- dunefox 1y agoWhich national anthem? Does it have to be the national anthem, or do other songs work as well?
- dmoy 1y agoIt's a little hyperbolic But also...... kinda not hyperbolic, given the industry that has sprung up around this: https://www.helibacon.com/texas-helicopter-hog-hunting/ https://www.helibacon.com/texas-helicopter-hog-hunting/
- mr_toad 1y agoThe New Zealand national anthem will put them to sleep.
- 1024core 1y agoAnything with (the late) Ozzy in it works too.
- fakedang 1y agoAmerika, f*** yeah!
- shaftway 1y agoComin' again to shoot the motherf**ing pigs, yeah!
- ge96 1y agoCan watch videos on YT of people in helicopters shooting em with rifles The other one that's wild, when they lift a bail of hay and like a thousand rats shoot out and these little terriers destroy the rats