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Species like spotted lanternflies, zebra mussels and wild pigs are popping up around the commonwealth. Here's how to handle them.
Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication ...
They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you call them, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive species in North America.
Wild refers to non-domestic pigs and pigs refer to domestic pigs. A boar is a non-castrated male, and a hog is either male or female. While these two animals are considered the same species, there ...
They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you call them, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive species in North America.
Wild pigs in South Monterey County are showing signs of ingesting a poison meant for rodents, commonly found in bait stations ...
Across eastern Kentucky, wild pigs have caused thousands of dollars in damage with sightings in Floyd, Johnson and Magoffin counties.
Wild boars have mated with domestic pigs to create a rapidly reproducing pig hybrid that may cause the population of feral pigs to soar.
An invasive species of Canadian wild hogs is threatening to spread into the US. According to the AP, the pigs are exceptionally hard to eradicate.
Species like spotted lanternflies, zebra mussels and wild pigs are popping up around the commonwealth. Here's how to handle them.
Indiana used to have close to 1,000 wild pigs across the state. They were wreaking havoc and causing damage. Now they're all gone.
Feral hogs—or wild pigs, wild boar, feral swine, or razorbacks—aren’t new to the US; by some accounts, they arrived in the 1500s, shipped in by Spanish colonizers as a mobile meat source.