A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic videos

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A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic Video

Feral swine pose a significant risk to Michigan's wildlife, ecosystems and agricultural resources, and they are a serious disease threat to humans, wildlife and domesticated pigs. Once populations are established, feral swine are an unsolvable problem, but Michigan has a good chance of eradicating these pigs if we act now.

A director's order was signed in December 2010 to make feral swine and wild boar an invasive species in Michigan. The order has an effective date of July 8, 2011, giving the state Legislature time to enact laws to provide regulations for facilities that currently provide wild boar breeding and hunting. If legislation is not passed to regulate the facilities, the invasive species order will go in to effect, making it illegal to possess wild boar in Michigan. Click here for more information about the feral swine order and why it is necessary.

The following video, A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic - made available by the Mississippi State University Extension Service - addresses the issue of wild pigs as a nuisance species of growing concern. The film discusses the biology, behavior and distribution of wild pigs, and the damage and threats they present to native wildlife, agriculture, forestry and public health in the United States. It also provides landowners with instruction of legal methods for controlling wild pig populations and damage on their property. Finally, the film demonstrates to policy makers and the general public that wild pigs are in fact a nuisance species that cause considerable ecological and economic damage (current estimates = $1.5 billion annually).

[Kahi]

Best Line:

"We not going to BBQ our way out of this one"

[clt_capt]

So - a while back there was the Government Cheese giveaway - Why not a Government Ham giveaway instead of foodstamps?

[weekender]

I feel for the farmers, but they are a blast to hunt. Lots of information in the videos, THANKS for sharing.

[wishiniwasfishin69]

We are constantly hearing about farmers crops being destroyed and overrun by hogs. There was a new show on last night about areas in Florida and Texas so over run that they are paying trappers to come in and take the hogs. Yet anytime I offer to come and hunt, so I can put food in the freezers of three families I am told that it is $300 per day. or they don't let people hunt on the property.

[SportFishStaff]

Great Videos highlighting the pig problems