A different kind of invasion threatens the northern US border.
Stories about endangered animal species, sad and worrying as they may be, are a dime a dozen.
For decades we’ve been bombarded with thousands of tales about how human activity was imperiling the survival of a variety of species, from whales and dolphins to the Brazilian Golden Monkey, with everything in between.
But there is now another kind of wildlife story in play, of an inverse nature.
It turns out that an ‘exploding population’ of ‘super pigs’ from Canada is coming south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are starting to experience the disruptive nature of this wild boars.
These animals are said to be ‘very hard-to-eradicate’ – meaning it’s nearly impossible to kill them fast enough!
Associated Press reported:
“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 boar 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…
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