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Invasive Spotlight: Wild Pigs

Wild pigs drinking and swimming in a cattle water trough. (Credit: Grant Canova-Parker)

It may surprise you to learn that California is home to invasive wild pigs, also called feral hogs or wild boars. Wild pigs can be a major nuisance for farmers, ranchers, and others who live in more rural areas or near wildlands. They will invade fields...

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2018 at 8:00 PM

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Author: Anne Schellman
Contributor: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: disease (38), domestic livestock (1), economic damage (2), feral (3), pathogens (5), pest notes (75), pests (59), UC IPM (224), wild pigs (3)

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Invasive Spotlight: Wild Pigs

Wild pigs drinking and swimming in a cattle trough. [Grant Canova-Parker]

Domestic pigs are a familiar farm animal, but have you heard about wild pigs? These animals are destructive pests with voracious appetites and eat a wide variety of plants and animals. It's estimated wild pigs cause $1.5 billion in economic damage to...

Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 5:06 PM

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Tags: boar (1), disease (38), economic damage (2), feral (3), invasive (31), invasive species week (5), Livestock (2), pathogens (5), UC IPM (224), wild pigs (3), Wildlife (9)

Why You Shouldn't Feed Wild Animals

From the UCANR Green Blog Did you know that it is illegal to feed wildlife? As tempting as it is to put out bread crumbs for birds or deer chow for Bambi, there are downsides to feeding wild animals, says a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources expert in...

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 10:49 PM

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Tags: feral (3), invasive (31), niamh quinn (4), nonnative (1), ucipm (67)