Pig species?

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Aaron Neville

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Saw a dead boar of all things on the shoulder of a highway this morning. I realize he is a/descended from escapee hog from game farms.....right? So, what species are these escapees?
 
Actually it is probably not an escapee....

Follow the link, wild pigs are a problem in Alberta

http://brianknudsen.ca/pig_links.html#Recent%20Developments




Funny you should say this...
Just watched a program on discovery channel about the expansion and inter breeding of americas ferral pigs.

Its either the american or the eastern European or a cross.....

Program was saying pig populations are exploding and expanding at an alarming rate. The fact that some people have cross bred these with the european and/or realeased european pigs has developed a pig that is hardier bigger and more ferocious.

google hogzilla
 
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Pigs are among the worst thing to hit with a car as they get under the vehical and you are airborne.Then there's moose!...................Harold
 
I would love to have the opportunity to hunt wild pigs. My Dad's next door neighbour had a bunch of domestic pigs escape a few years back and the neighbour gave me permission to shoot any that I came across while deer hunting as long as he got a pork chop or two! Never got the chance, but I was hunting them pretty hard for a few years!
 
I watched that program on tv about wild pigs. They said a lot of wild pigs are part american hog part Urasian Wild boars. The boars make them twice as big and 5x as aggressive. I'd love to be able to go out deer/turkey hunting and shoot some pigs like they do in the states. Shoot as many as you want all year long. Would be a fun stalk with the bow but on the other hand they cause tons of damage to farmers fields. Gotta take the good with the bad I guess.
 
I also saw that, it was on discovery wasn't it? Those big Urasian boars looked mean as hell. They were saying that the wild pigs can double there population in a year if the conditions are right or something along those lines.
 
Where do I get an application??

Never did hear back from that travel agent about that cruise on the coast of Africa...
 
Looks like fun to me .... If an open season, no bag limit or license/tags required was declared on these things it would be a great opportunity to introduce people to hunting without all the usual hassles.
 
There will never be a season, license, or bag limit. They are not considered game animals, they are considered pests




Livestock experts thought pigs would fly before rampaging wild boars could pose a menace to Albertans.
But a growing and spreading legion of the ferral beasts — gone AWOL from about two dozen game ranches — has prompted the province to declare open hunting season on the animals.
Since being first introduced to the province in the early 1990s, they’ve been sighted in the Peace River area, west of Edmonton and near Sundre, 75 km northwest of Calgary, said Alberta Agriculture spokesman Floyd Mullaney.
“Everyone thought if they got loose, they wouldn’t be able to sustain themselves in the cold weather,” said Mullaney of the animals indigenous to Asia, Europe and the southern U.S.
“Not only have they been able to sustain themselves, they were able to multiply.”
He estimates several hundred of the burly, tusked boars are rooting through farmers’ fields, trashing grain supplies and posing a potential hazard to people, if cornered or surprised.
“If it’s my kid, I’m not taking any chances,” said Mullaney.
Beginning this month, Albertans have been given clearance to shoot the boars, if provided landowner permission.
That legislation replaces an earlier law that allowed only for the recapture of the free-ranging boars.
“They’ve been declared a pest, to be controlled like the Norway rat,” said Mullaney.
Other provinces, he said, particularly Manitoba, have been severely plagued by destructive boars.
“It was found to be nearly impossible to eradicate them, the best we could do was control them,” said Mullaney.
“We don’t want to end up like Saskatchewan and Manitoba.”
He also said pork producers have voiced concerns the wild boars could incubate and spread disease.
Elk and deer game ranching has been linked to outbreaks of turberculosis and chronic wasting disease.
“At the time the wild boar decision was made, it was thought it would be to the benefit of the agriculture industry,” said Mullaney
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