A population of tenacious and elusive pigs identified in Canada threatens to invade the United States.
The population of wild animals is rapidly multiplying and has already received the status of “super pigs”. The cross is tenacious like a Eurasian wild boar, fertile like a domestic pig, and at the same time aggressive.
In Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, there is a growing population of “super pigs” that are difficult to catch, reports the Associated Press.
Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan call Canadian wild pigs “the most aggressive animal on the planet” and talk about the threat of environmental disaster.
Local farmers were initially encouraged to raise wild boars, but when the market collapsed, farmers simply released the animals.
It further turned out that pigs tolerate winter well, eat everything, including crops and wild animals, tolerate African swine fever and at the same time multiply rapidly.
Experts report that one sow can give birth to 6 piglets in one litter and produces two litters per year.
Almost 65% of the population dies every year, but for some reason there are more and more pigs.
Shooting by hunters can destroy only 2-3% of the population. Hunting is prohibited in some states.
Damage to crops in the United States from pigs is estimated at $2.5 billion.
