Gaining ground. Hunting will not stop wild pigs invasion in Canada.

Brutus said:
Probably would require abattoirs dedicated for wild boar only? That could be a loosing endeavour if one cannot repurpose it for regular pigs afterwards.
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Maybe if one pushed the 'Omega 3 , wild animal' angle that would work.
At the current price of Pork on the shelves? I'm thinking that specialty cuts like Wild Boar ( feral pig), tough to get a butcher to get cuts off an animal and make $$$.
 
Yes - Post #203. Perhaps in 1990's our son-in-law's Dad was raising pigs - they would ship a semi-load of market weight hogs every Wednesday. One producer. I expect that these days, is pretty small potatoes. Would think an abattoir (kill plant) would need hundreds head a day or hour, 7 days a week, to make money, these days??
 
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Potashminer said:
Yes - Post #203. Perhaps in 1990's our son-in-law's Dad was raising pigs - they would ship a semi-load of market weight hogs every Wednesday. One producer. I expect that these days, is pretty small potatoes. Would think an abattoir (kill plant) would need hundreds head a day or hour, 7 days a week, to make money, these days??
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The local shops are almost all not taking in Deer... a limited amount yet, but very few. They can't get workers either...they don't want to tie up freezer space with Deer, no money in it.
 
tokguy said:
The local shops are almost all not taking in Deer... a limited amount yet, but very few. They can't get workers either...they don't want to tie up freezer space with Deer, no money in it.
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Yes indeed. All these changes and stricter delineation of slaughtered animals seemed to have been hurried along by such diseases of hoof & mouth and/or mad cow disease.
By the time wild boars escapees were recognized as an environment issue western Canada, most of these new rules at slaughter houses were in place.
 
dan belisle said:
Time to learn to do your own butchering. There are videos online if you have no one local to show you how. - dan
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I'm aware that there are people who pay to get their animals cut up... my father would be spinning in his grave if that happened.
My son does freelance field dressing for folks whom can't.
I have a few friends and family whom are in the killing / processing business... just passing what on the word in the shops is with that update.
Ciao
Tok
 
The traps look great. In Texas maybe. Because they have a well established commercial industry.
I don't think Ontario ministry will be able to utilize this purely because they need a dedicated slaughter house for wild boar. Ontario is a big province so one abottoir will not cut it.
If you live trap them, they have to be moved elsewhere for processing.
 
Why not? said:
Obviously, missed that they survive in Russia. Why would anyone think central Canada would be any challenge to them?

Ted
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Different sources of food, they won't thrive in cold prairie winters, they'll be lucky to survive some. The best they can hope for is to winter in cat tail swamps which sometimes don't freeze solid.

A shortage of nuts in Russia’s Far East this autumn spells bad news for the region’s Siberian tiger population. The World Wildlife Fund say boar and deer, which the big cats feed on, are starving due to a lack of pine nuts and acorns.
https://www.rt.com/news/321757-winter-russia-tigers-starve/
 
bearkilr said:
Different sources of food, they won't thrive in cold prairie winters, they'll be lucky to survive some. The best they can hope for is to winter in cat tail swamps which sometimes don't freeze solid.

A shortage of nuts in Russia’s Far East this autumn spells bad news for the region’s Siberian tiger population. The World Wildlife Fund say boar and deer, which the big cats feed on, are starving due to a lack of pine nuts and acorns.
https://www.rt.com/news/321757-winter-russia-tigers-starve/
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I think they would make good immigrants, maybe feed them the pigs in Ottawa to start with then let them migrate to each provincial capital to feed on the hogs there!
 
bearkilr said:
Different sources of food, they won't thrive in cold prairie winters, they'll be lucky to survive some. The best they can hope for is to winter in cat tail swamps which sometimes don't freeze solid.

A shortage of nuts in Russia’s Far East this autumn spells bad news for the region’s Siberian tiger population. The World Wildlife Fund say boar and deer, which the big cats feed on, are starving due to a lack of pine nuts and acorns.
https://www.rt.com/news/321757-winter-russia-tigers-starve/
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siberia had so many prairies not everything is mountains or forests ... and they have also bear. trust me the boars will do well in northern alberta, sk or mb ...
 
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