Feral swine eliminated from Colorado
State and federal officials have announced the eradication of feral swine in Colorado, according to a press release. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal ...
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The February issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading ...
Officials wary of wild pigs entering U.S. from Canada
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have long plagued the South. They’ve made inroads in Canada. Now, residents worry they threaten to spread outside Canada into border states ...
Wild pigs blamed for Texas woman’s death
Officials say a Texas woman was killed in an attack by wild pigs, one of the rare instances it’s been known to occur. Investigators say 59-year-old Christine ...
WSB: Drones gauge wild pigs’ damage to crops
To help manage crop damage caused by feral hogs (Sus scrofa), researchers in Mississippi recently developed a quick, automated system using drone imagery. “When ...
Toxic bait field trials on feral swine to begin in January
USDA’s Wildlife Services is set to conduct sodium nitrite toxic bait field trials on free-roaming feral swine in Texas and Alabama this month after its National ...
NECIS sends letter to EPA on Kaput Feral Hog Bait
On Jun. 2, the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species (NECIS) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt urging ...