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Article: Feral Swine - Not Welcome
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 2, 2008
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The Nature Conservancy issued the following op-ed:
Feral swine are a non-native invasive species with enormous potential to damage Pennsylvania's natural resources, agricultural and forest products industries.
We know that wild populations already are running free in at least five counties, and possibly more. While their numbers may be relatively small today, there could be 10 times as many a year or two from now if we wait to take action.
The ability to produce multiple litters of piglets each year has helped feral hogs to become established as persistent, possibly permanent, populations in about 25 states.
Feral swine eat almost any plant or animal they encounter. They root and dig, and ...