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Some areas of Western Canada might already be past the point where “pig free” is even possible, says a University of Saskatchewan researcher.

Losing the war with wild boar

Forget eradication. For some parts of Manitoba it’s now a containment game

By Alexis Stockford March 31, 2021

It’s time to up our efforts in the battle against wild pigs, according to a leading voice in the field. Ryan Brook of the University of Saskatchewan has spent years studying the rise of the invasive species in Western Canada, and has also spent years raising the alarm. He has watched as sounders — the

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PHOTOS: Wild pigs on the loose

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 31, 2019

How many wild pigs are roaming agro-Manitoba? Nobody knows the answer to that question, and that’s going to be a problem for the province. Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who was educated at the University of Manitoba has the best handle, and even he admits his numbers are far from certain.

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Disease concerns highlight risk for pork sector

Wild pigs have become a reservoir for  disease in other jurisdictions

By Alexis Stockford May 30, 2019

Manitoba’s growing wild pig problem could spell trouble for one of its biggest economic engines — the pork sector. In parts of Europe they’ve become an impossible-to-control vector for African swine fever. There’s also the risk that the Canadian herd and the much-larger U.S. herd that’s moving north could soon meet and mingle, further increasing

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Open season on wild pigs not the answer

Unfocused sport hunting will only  make the problem worse

By Alexis Stockford May 30, 2019

Is an open season on wild pigs the answer? Likely not, according to most of the experts, who say it’s likely that could actually make the problem worse. Private hunting may actually scatter a sounder and spread the problem unless the whole group is contained, Canadian Pork Council veterinary counsellor Dr. Egan Brockhoff said at

Hogs, Livestock

USDA analyzing effects of wild pigs on crops, livestock

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 25, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Friday it has started analyzing for the first time data it has collected on the impact that wild pigs have on U.S. farmers’ crop and livestock operations. It is estimated by federal and state agricultural officials that there are more than five million wild

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Catching wild hogs by smartphone

Non-profit foundation teams with livestock company to produce drop-down system

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 16, 2015

A U.S. research foundation has announced commercialization of a trap designed to capture feral hogs, which it says cost $1.5 billion in losses in 48 U.S. states. The Noble Foundation, based in Ardmore, Oklahoma along with W-W Livestock Systems of Thomas, Okla. unveiled the BoarBuster trap at the recent National Wild Turkey Federation Convention and

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Losing the war with wild boar

PHOTOS: Wild pigs on the loose

Disease concerns highlight risk for pork sector

Open season on wild pigs not the answer

USDA analyzing effects of wild pigs on crops, livestock

Catching wild hogs by smartphone

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