The Northwest is Bracing for a Hog Invasion
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 9 months ago
Hunting wild hogs is great fun, and it’s a popular pursuit in many places around the country. But wild pigs themselves are a real problem for native flora and fauna. This is precisely why hogs have become a nationwide concern as they reproduce in astounding numbers and find ways to thrive in new environments.
According to a report from the Cowboy State Daily, Wyoming and Montana are currently free of wild swine. However, wildlife managers in these states are receiving reports of pigs in Colorado, North Dakota, and Utah. Landowners and hunters, meanwhile, are worried about hordes moving into Montana and Wyoming from Canada.
Alberta and Saskatchewan are already infested, which shows that cold weather and snow have little impact on the prolific pigs. If they can survive in Canada, so the thinking goes, wild hogs marching into Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming is entirely possible.
As wild hogs continue to spread throughout central Alberta, Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan professor studying the pigs, says they could cause an “ecological train wreck” and bring “absolute destruction” to the native ecosystem.
We warned you and have commented before about this problem.
They reproduce faster than lethal removal can take them out, they’ll adapt to their surroundings, they’ll dig up the ecosystem to the point it looks like a rototiller came through, they’ll kill indigenous game, and they’ll come after humans too.
If you live up there, get your rifles ready. Oh, Canada won’t let you have those. Too bad. If you live in the rest of the U.S., get your rifles ready.
That goes for Alaska too. There aren’t enough bears to kill them all.
I’ve also commented on the hog problem in the South before they began to move North.
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On January 30, 2023 at 9:37 am, Don't mind me said:
Hey Canada, break out them BB guns, eh? We don’t need your hogs down here.