[Newsbot]

Title: Feral hogs headed for US from Canada
Category: Environmental
Posted By: Robair
Date: 2019-09-12 13:14:17
Canadian

[Robair]

And the first wave of the invasion begins.

[llama66]

Second wave.
First Wave: Hockey Players
Second Wave: Bacon
Third Wave: Wolves
Fourth Wave: Bears
Fifth Wave: Winter
Sixth Wave: Moose
Seventh Wave: Geese
Eighth Wave: More Winter
Ninth Wave: More Bacon
Tenth Wave: We invade in ernest.

[N_Fiddledog]

There's something suspicious about this story. Think about it...

Apparently this is news today:

$1:

At least eight pigs have been spotted in Canada, just above the border with Lincoln County, Montana, according to officials.

[Robair]

What is suspicious about that?? Or is this a joke I'm not getting?

[N_Fiddledog]

Why are we to believe these feral pigs just move north to south? When I've heard of them in the past, they've been in America. And why are we to believe they just suddenly appeared in the area?

An invasive species from Canada my ass.

[Robair]

There's been feral hogs in Saskatchewan for at least a decade now...

[Robair]

Might be more like two decades.

Jebus I'm old.

[N_Fiddledog]

Robair Robair:

There's been feral hogs in Saskatchewan for at least a decade now...

Only in Saskatchewan?

See cause I heard they were spread throughout North America and the Lincoln county in the story is south of BC.

https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/s ... che=752600

So my point is why are they pointing their finger at Canada and why are we supposed to believe there's never been a feral pig sighting in Montana.

[N_Fiddledog]

It's the BC thing that bugs me. Saskatchewan pigs I could understand. There might be a climate thing or a food thing keeping them north of the border but not in BC.

And this is the first I've heard of them in BC. Maybe we've got an invasive feral pig problem in BC now too. Damned Saskatchewan hogs might be coming west.

[Robair]

They're in BC, I know people that hunt them in the Okanagan.

Didn't check out where that county was, heard Montana and figured it was below the SK or AB border as that's the largest wild boar problem Canada has. All along the south Saskatchewan river. Piggies everywhere.

Looks like this story is just south of Cranbrook though.

They've been in BC for awhile too. I think it all originated as escaped livestock.

[Robair]

It's Fox news with a horror story about a border so... you could be on to something...

[N_Fiddledog]

Robair Robair:

It's Fox news with a horror story about a border so... you could be on to something...

Then again maybe not...

Invasive wild pigs spreading in B.C.

I didn't know that. The CBC tells me there have even been sightings in Langley.

I'm calling Shenanigans on that one. I've never seen or heard about feral hogs in Langley. Lots of other wild critters though.

[N_Fiddledog]

This is interesting. I've been researching. The northern states take pig invasions seriously. They'll hunt them down with airplanes if they have to. There are report-a-pig programs. Maybe we're too slack and that's why we have problems

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The states of Washington, Idaho and Oregon have banded together with a “Squeal on Pigs!” program, urging people to report sightings of feral swine — although, in Oregon at least, they mostly come from California and not from Canada. Bush estimates they get a couple calls per month about pigs on the loose, so that there can be a co-ordinated government response.

“You can’t shoot your way out of it, recreational tools and techniques just aren’t effective eradication techniques,” Bush said. “It doesn’t matter if it has tusks, or it looks like Wilbur the friendly pig, if it’s out of captivity, call this number immediately.”

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/in ... eral-swine

[Strutz]

As long as they have a passport and have never smoked weed what's the problem?