’Feral pigs are swarming Florida, and much of the U.S. We’re serious.
Digging up fields and lawns, killing livestock and spreading disease, wild pigs have gone from a regional nuisance to one rapidly spreading across the nation.
The animals have razor-sharp tusks, a bottomless appetite and no natural predators, and experts say the invasion of the feral pigs has become a major problem that is moving north.
“This truly is becoming a national crisis,’’ John Mayer, the manager of environmental science at the Savannah River (S.C.) National Laboratory, told TODAY on Friday.’
I’ve read where a wild sow can have three litters a year with 18-piglets per litter and they can start breeding after 6-months of age.
Even still they make a great hunting target with with rifle or bow and hunting is the only way to control their numbers. Hunting should be encouraged and wild pigs is a great way to get kids and novice hunters alike into the sport.
(via keithcurrypochy)