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Invasive Spotlight: Wrapping Up California Invasive Species Action Week

This week, we put the spotlight on invasive species and how these non-native plants, animals, and pathogens damage California's economy and environment. You Can Make a Difference Shot hole borers and the diseases they carry, and Asian citrus psyllid...
Invasive Spotlight: Wild Pigs

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...
Invasive Spotlight: Wild Pigs
![Wild pigs drinking and swimming in a cattle trough. [Grant Canova-Parker] Wild pigs drinking and swimming in a cattle trough. [Grant Canova-Parker]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/41876small.jpg)
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...