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The distribution of wild pig sightings in Manitoba in 2023.
Livestock, News

A year of growth for Squeal on Pigs

Wild pig awareness and control project counts victories and challenges in 2023

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Manitoba’s Squeal on Pigs campaign has gained traction every year, and 2023 was no exception. The past year brought program expansion, according to a recent update summarizing the initiative’s activities. Why it matters: Squeal on Pigs is reducing Manitoba’s wild pig problem and raising awareness of the invasive species. Last summer, Squeal on Pigs Manitoba
Manitoba’s wild pig instances as of Nov. 27, 2021, aggregated by the Canadian Wild Pig Research Project.
Hogs, News

Flexibility touted for wild pig fight

Manitoba’s industry-led efforts say minimal government involvement is an advantage

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Glacier FarmMedia – Manitoba’s wild pig busters have moved fast to find, trap and destroy the invasive species since their Squeal on Pigs initiative was set up a few years ago. The aim is to eliminate Manitoba’s wild pig problem. They have a lot of work ahead. “It’ll probably take most of a decade,” said
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

Anti-ASF funds designated for Manitoba Pork

Three initiatives will be funded through the federal African swine fever preparedness program

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The Manitoba Pork Council’s efforts against African swine fever now have almost $1 million in extra financial padding. On Aug. 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $944,340 in funding for Manitoba’s hog farm group. Funds were provided through AAFC’s African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program and were slotted for three initiatives: Squeal on Pigs, increased
A wild pig skull on display at the ‘Squeal on Pigs’ booth at the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual meeting April 13.
News

Public got busy squealing on pigs

Wild pig sightings went up as awareness grew, industry group says

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The public has proven to be pretty good at squealing on pigs, shown by a reported increase in invasive wild hogs spotted and killed in the last year. “The more folks we have working on it, the greater success we will have,” said Jenelle Hamblin, manager of swine health at the Manitoba Pork Council. At
“…there’s already lots of users from Manitoba on our system and those people now have an easy way (to report) with a tool that they already use for work.” – Rob Hannam, Farm Health Guardian
News

App to help Squeal on Pigs

Manitoba Pork hopes Farm Health Guardian will help streamline the reporting process for wild pigs

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Manitobans with a smartphone have a new way to raise the red flag if they spot wild pigs. Sightings reported through the Farm Health Guardian app will now feed into the province’s Squeal on Pigs campaign, an initiative launched earlier this year under the auspices of the Manitoba Invasive Swine Eradication Project. Why it matters: The Prairies’ growing
Wild pigs have garnered particular concern from the ag industry, given potential crop loss, field and pasture rooting damage and, in the case of the pork sector, disease transmission.
News

Squeal on Pigs gets loud on wild swine

Education and reporting hub the latest effort to bring Manitoba’s wild pig issue to heel

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The Manitoba Pork Council doesn’t want the public to be shy when it comes to reporting the warning signs of wild pigs. The council, with support from the provincial and federal government, has become the latest to launch a Squeal on Pigs campaign, echoing similar programs in Montana, Alberta, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Launched May
Small-scale farmers important for ASF prevention: Manitoba Pork
Hogs, Livestock

Small-scale farmers important for ASF prevention: Manitoba Pork

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On smaller, specialty hog farms, herd health — while taken just as seriously — can look a lot different, say two producers

Smaller-scale farmers have a part to play in keeping deadly African swine fever (ASF) out of Manitoba’s swine herd, says the Manitoba Pork Council. “When African swine fever went from wild pigs in Germany into the domestic herd, the first time was a farm with four pigs, and the second time was a farm with
Researcher Ryan Brook says the potential for interaction between wild and tame pigs exists.
News

The wild card on PED for Manitoba’s pork sector

The last thing the pork sector needs is possible contact between PED risk areas and wild pigs

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[UPDATED: Dec. 8, 2021] Experts worry that Manitoba’s wild pig population and domestic hog production are on a collision course, something that can only be a bad thing when it comes to disease. Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, has spent the last 12 years trying to track Canada’s wild pig population
A group of wild boars running in Europe, where the pigs have caused challenges with disease spread. (iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock

Ontario moves to phase out wild boar farming

Province, feds fund swine fever defense plans

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Hoping to improve its odds against African swine fever ever getting a toehold in Canada’s hog herds, Ontario plans to regulate Eurasian wild boar as an invasive species starting in the new year. To that end, the province is making funding available to farmers who actively breed and raise wild boar to “shift to other
We need to move beyond passive efforts, such as unrestricted hunting, that have been shown to disperse wild pigs and make the problem worse. – Cam Dahl
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Wild pigs an alien invasion

It’s time for co-ordinated, targeted eradication efforts on wild pigs

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We have been invaded by aliens. No, not green creatures from Area 51, but by plants and animals that don’t belong here. Take, for example, the common dandelion, which is not native to North America. European settlers brought dandelions here in the mid-1600s to enhance their gardens. Zebra mussels are another example; they are not

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