this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
362 points (98.7% liked)

News

35962 readers
3057 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.


Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.


7. No duplicate posts.


If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.


All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.

In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boars with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create a "super pig" that's spreading out of control.

Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and one of Canada's leading authorities on the problem, calls feral swine, "the most invasive animal on the planet" and "an ecological train wreck."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One would assume success means killing an animal when you go out on the hunt. 2-3% seems ludicrously low though, i grew up hunting in southern Illinois to feed our family and the success rate for deer was easily ten times that number on a bad year

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I think it means that when they go out and shoot a pig or two, that's only 2-3% of the herd

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gotcha, but if 10 hunters in the herds area do that for a week straight, no more herd as intended right? Or just say open season on the invasive wild hogs and the hunters will go kill enough to fill their deep freezes and will go do it again as soon as stock starts running out

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think I could only fit a single hog in my freezer.

The real way to fast track the extermination would be to allow the hunters to sell the meat, or some other incentive to destory entire herds

[–] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you sell meat it's supposed to be federally inspected. That's the catch-point here.

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Agreed. It throws a big wrench into selling locally-harvested wild boar meat tho.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Time to allow hunters to bring in M60 machine guns.

Ironically they are nicknamed "the pig".

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The issue with vermin animals that have free range licenses is that you get a lot of people that have no idea what they're doing, usually teenagers, out there that teach the animals to avoid humans.