Hybrid vigor is scary: these pigs are super smart, learn to avoid gunfire, switch to a nocturnal schedule if they are hunted. They harbor a multitude of human-infecting pathogens and do $2.5b/year of damage to crops and livestock and have laid waste to habitats and preserves. 2/
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They roam over a 19 mi territory, which expands when they are actively hunted. Add to that dumbasses who've imported and released wild pigs into new territories for "recreational hunting." 3/
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After several brushes with pig-based crises, Montana licked its pig problem (for now) with stiff penalties, extensive surveillance, and a high-dollar "Squeal on Pigs" tipline. 4/
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Other states - and Canadian provinces, which are seeing surging wild pig populations - are looking to Montana for guidance. There's an estimated 9m feral hogs in the US, and their territory has expanded from 17 states 30 years ago to at least 39 states today. 5/
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Their territory is expanding at 35,000 miles/year and they've reached crisis levels in Florida, California, Georgia and Texas. Image: TSR/D&D eof/
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30-50 feral hogs man doesn't seem that crazy now. ;)
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Ah, that explains the
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I learned about the pigs, like I learned about so many other things, from Joe Rogan's podcast.
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That’s a lot of porc chops to go around.
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