A Texas warning on wild pigs threatening Minnesota

Wild pigs capable of destroying habitat, uprooting crops and carrying the threat of disease to livestock are within miles of the state across the Canadian border. They are found in 35 U.S. states causing $2.5 billion dollars in damages annually, according to the USDA.
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[@samsurleau]

"You just can't BBQ your way out of a wild hog problem." 😂 I need that on a T-shirt.

[@hellomyfriends9740]

That was a bar

[@bluelava4282]

I thought that too

[@iakazul]

Sounds like a barbeque challenge lol.

[@samsurleau]

@@iakazul I want an invite to your All You Can Eat Wild Hog BBQ party. 😉

[@bluelava4282]

Ready for some Tasty Chops w/Mashed potatoes 🥔 🐷 sweet…..@@iakazul

[@mgentles3]

The worst? My only walking trail (in The Big Thicket here in East Texas) is rife with wild hogs and there's no hunting allowed because the land is leased by the federal government as a preserve. This is supposed to be a recreational area for hiking and camping, and I thought it was wonderful for walking my dog...until I saw two sows with litters of at least nine shoats each, one litter slightly older than the other, along with the boar who just happened to be zeroed in on me and my dog. His head was lowered and he was beginning to paw the ground. Luckily, he wasn't as aggressive as he wanted me to think (or wasn't particularly hungry) because one shout sent them down the trail. The thing is, though they don't mention it here, hogs are omnivores. They dearly love to eat dogs and aren't above a little human meat on the side. An aggressive boar or a sow with piglets is dangerous. I didn't see tusks on the ones in the pens in this video, but I guarantee you ours have tusks, not to mention deadly teeth. Guns are not allowed on this trail, so I let the hogs have it.

[@timway6839]

There's a story in nz about a farmer having his horse disembowled from under him. Late 40's.

[@garyhope2]

No guns allowed on Fed property? But getting attacked and killed by a wild hog is? Jail or a fine is better than being killed by a wild hog. Nobody has to know that you're carrying a weapon. Just don't tell them. We all have a right to self defense. Heck with the Gubs..

[@charleslangley6036]

In Texas, you can carry on that trail. You just can’t carry into a federal building. You’d be foolish not to carry on that trail. Otherwise, don’t hike it.

[@mgentles3]

@@charleslangley6036The land is leased to the FEDERAL government and their rules for preserves apply. I was so happy to learn that Texas never ceded an inch of land to the Feds when entering the union (except for the mandatory military installations) but was devastated to find 100 year leases granted in the 20th century. It's moot anyway, since it would take a shotgun slug to bring down a hog with my lack of expertise and I'm an old woman. It's all I can do to walk a mile in cool weather. More like ten feet in summer. The weight of a shotgun to boot is beyond me. Still pretty good with a rifle, but never owned one that would kill a hog without a perfect shot.

[@bluracer766]

Worst thing I have in Phoenix are javelina that's bad enough but these things are way worse.

[@A3Kr0n]

Pigs are the worst invasive animal on the planet? Dude, LOOK IN THE MIRROR!

[@andrewkuklok8899]

Next to humans.

[@DareToBeDeviant]

The property damage is something I'll never understand. Why are these gross things just digging in the dirt of open fields? I think the (invasive) iguanas over in Florida do the same thing. Only difference is they crap way more than hogs and it's infected with diseases that can get in the water supply. I've been watching people eliminate rogue animals for near a decade and just don't get it. Here in Indiana we have coyotes, wild turkeys, and deer. Only damage done is by the damn deer with antlers who feel compelled to rub their heads against growing trees and destroying them. Other than that, they're just... there. No lawns are torn up. If anything, they're tearing each other up sometimes. Never thought turkeys could have so much beef with each other. I saw 5 of them in my folks' backyard one morning and 3 were fighting to the death near the bird bath.

[@stevengill1736]

They're a nightmare here in Northern California....

[@jaykeehan5813]

I’m glad this video protected my delicate sensibilities by not showing a night vision “kill shot”. I would had fainted if I saw it.

[@0004612]

But it’s okay to teach sex ed to preschool kids

That's for the benefit of KZbin, not for us.

[@ArmchairRamb0]

ChatGPT: "Yes, wild pigs, also known as feral swine or wild boar, are present in Minnesota." What's that DNR guy talking about? I wonder if we'll approach wild hogs like mosquitos, find a way to make them sterile. But I like that line, "You can't BBQ your way out of this."

[@TwinSister1957]

This gives the saying 'Hog-wild" a new meaning

[@kurtissexton3801]

Net them from the air ??? What is that crap?? What a waist of money. They tell you trust the officials, and they are out there catching one pig using a helicopter? It’s called a machine gun?

[@yesher12]

As a Texan that owns a ranch in NE Texas please heed his warning. You do NOT want wild hogs in your state!

[@curiousnomadic]

WE don't want them. We already have a deer problem.

[@mike7gerald]

@@curiousnomadicDeer are native species and belong here. Those big boars will eat baby deer and everything else.

[@curiousnomadic]

@@mike7gerald What's your point?

[@mike7gerald]

@@curiousnomadic@curiousnomadic My point is that deer evolved into our ecosystem and are part of its balance, so they do not cause damage, whereas the wild boar didn't evolve into our ecosystem and puts it out of balance, thereby causing more harm.

[@curiousnomadic]

@@mike7gerald Deer cause a lot of damage. Both existed.

[@wademills1616]

Don’t call shoot. Calling a government agency is not going to do anything

[@kristy9337]

It doesn't take a neighborhood to remove a bad 🍎🙂

[@ReRe-kr1ht]

They're probably the culprits to all of this.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Turdeau is taking away Canadian guns. I'm sure he'll be going after bows and arrows next.

[@AstanaxKnight]

So the guy telling the people to not shoot is trusting Canada to stop the threat. Right...

[@john-o1g9p]

heck, canadians are even banned from using tactical spray to stop an attack. ''no joke'' google it. @@AndyFromBeaverton

[@troyclayton]

There is a reason "going hog wild" has been a saying for well over 100 years.

[@jovialthinker]

Pig headed too 🐷

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@sjordan7085]

Many a true word is spoken in jest. Old English proverb.

[@nancyrhoads5609]

The hog babies might even be trainable or perhaps the not so old ones. WE all have wild streaks! And we manage to get trained!

[@cyberslacker5150]

In separate news Governor Abbott has starting to bus wild hogs to Chicago, New York and Minnesota.

[@ms.pugsley]

😂 it'll feed the Muslims 😅

[@horsepoorwilson]

what about DC?

[@dic2504]

🤣🤣🤣

[@abbyynorman2874]

@@horsepoorwilsonDC is already a cesspool

[@cattastroficka196]

ROFLMAO!

[@healthisachoice5967]

Wild pigs killed a Home Care lady who arrive at a country home before daylight. She did not see the pigs and she never made it to the front door. The old couple saw her car in drive way wondering why she was late and saw her chewed up body.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

I just brought that one up. It must have been horrendous to see.

[@paulheydarian1281]

That sounds like a 1970s horror flick.

[@Autisticbanmeforbeingdifferent]

Proof?

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@Autisticbanmeforbeingdifferent(sigh) google it.

[@krischambers9021]

😱

[@pdrphil8159]

Im a Texan and I live in Hill Country northwest of Austin... After a weekend with my son fishing at a state park , we headed home ... In Texas , even state highways have posted speeds of 70 to 75 mph... I mention this because on our way home we rounded a curve & hit a large hog at about 70 mph. There was over $7000 in damage . The entire front clip was destroyed along with the radiator , condensor and radiator support . The headlites alone cost $2000 . Many states have signs warning of high deer traffic on the road . In Texas , its hogs more than deer that ckncern me.

[@rjay7019]

😮 wow I have seen them along the highway and wondered what the truck that hit it looked like 😮 We have them and I'm scared of them. We had 4 babies that showed up and they grow quick.

[@maddhatter3564]

Another side "benefit" of wild hogs, In west Texas the rattlesnakes no longer rattle because the wild pigs eat them. Wild pigs seem immune to their venom (plus that thick skin.)

[@shyodu2]

On 79 in Round Rock too.

[@rjay7019]

@@maddhatter3564 have you ever wondered why nothing eats them? I mean the vultures won't touch them.

[@shyodu2]

@@maddhatter3564 the ac repair man had to pull 2 rattle snakes out of the ac unit outside. And Scorpions are bad in my area too. And we're heading into Blue Bonnets season.

[@jdsr7423]

Feral hogs have also been known to kill folks in their own rural driveways and yards

[@jameshickok2349]

Yes, right up there with coyotes and pit bulls.

[@BotsWeekendCovers]

Its funny to think back to the early 90's when I lived in San Antonio TX. My buddy and I fished Choke Canyon back then all the time and the hogs were as thick as mud all over the banks. I called the Game Warden one day and asked if we could go bow hunt them. Man I got screamed at over the phone from him that I better not and if I did and he caught me I would be in jail the rest of my life. ROFLMAO. I knew how bad it was then and now look. Hope you are happy Mr. Warden.

[@LeeYang07133]

Mr. Warden wanted the hogs to himself!

[@manofaction1807]

"You just can't BBQ your way out of a wild hog problem." I'll take that bet!

What goes in one end of a hog has to come out the other end.

[@craptainofsea]

So you think you can?

[@davidkermes376]

wanna see some REAL hog damage? check out hawaii's farmland. i recently saw a newscast of a field the hogs had gotten to on one of the islands. it looked like people had a demolition derby with plows. not a square foot of ground untouched. not a shred of green above ground.

[@dylanr8481]

Sort of reminds me of how Indians come to Canada. Gas stations and subdivisions.

[@maddhatter3564]

we see that a lot in west Texas.

[@FLsheepdog1]

Isn't that where their Hog Queen lives? Roseanne Barr. 🤣🤣🤣

[@fishnchips8132]

@@dylanr8481 & I see it in the 'colonialisation' of other people's countries.

[@captaincapitalism264]

@@fishnchips8132 Yep, colonization by wild hogs.

[@jamesbondero6170]

I've been to some bars in Minnesota. You already got some wild pigs there! 😜

[@AllanHunter-c2l]

You are very correct there

[@FrontUW]

Minnesota gals love their hot dish.

[@deneseburrell]

The farther North ya go, the uglier the women are~

[@StoneE4]

Those were Cheeseheads who wandered in from the state to the east.

[@steverich1518]

@@StoneE4no they were from Minnesota. It’s ok no need to get upset

[@vickypeterson7688]

I dont know if hog is on the wolf menu but I've seen plenty of videos of black bear taking hogs...Mn has plenty of black bear to help out

[@wisenber]

I've seen a large boar chase an adult black bear then go back to snacking on a yellow jacket nest.

[@victormiranda9163]

Grizzly bears can do in boars... a clash of titans to be sure.

[@tastyfrzz1]

Have a few cinnamon bears around that might be hungry for pork.

[@wisenber]

@@tastyfrzz1 Sadly, predators will only stabilize a population not eliminate it.

[@victormiranda9163]

@@tastyfrzz1 Cool, didn't know there were such creatures. boar get pretty big.

[@martybeckman5178]

That Minnesota DNR GUY SAID REPORT NOT SHOOT WHY BY THE TIME THEY GET IN THE AREA THOSE WILL HAVE MOVED AND WILL BE GONE

[@Lee-hs4pv]

That do nothing Rangers are at it again

[@deepwood4]

If they were serious they would have no closed season and no bag limits.

[@theminister1154]

You just described Texas. Any day, any number of hogs on private land.

[@BrettShadow]

^ Yep... and no lic. required. ... and we STILL can't keep up.

[@deepwood4]

@@theminister1154 I was talking about Minnesota.

[@binderfan436]

And no hog hunting paid hunts.

[@theminister1154]

that'll probably happen if you get invaded, but since it's MN it will happen way too late because of all teh squawking of dumb birds in the capital@@binderfan436 . skwawk squwawk squeeeeeeewaaaaak

[@alfredgonzalez3882]

All that potential meat, is it not possible to use that meat responsibly? Soup kitchens, animal sanctuaries, the polar bears, zoos, am I missing something here? Does not anyone else see the ways we could use all this meat and hides, etc..?

[@sunizbliss]

Exactly.

[@jamesrogalski2085]

Prisons... Oh thats right, those are emptying out!!

We could all be wearing wild hog overcoats in winter.

[@jemezname2259]

My sister has a small Texas ranch. She says the meat is inedible except for very young ones.

[@TheRealDuBTeK]

"sanctuaries" are scams, usually a 501C nonprofit entity, many get shut down for fraud and theft of funds, the rest just fleece money from people with soft feelings

[@jds6206]

A guy I knew who lived in Albany Georgia told me folks DO hunt them and LOVE eating wild hog, because in that part of Georgia the hogs eat a lot of Pecans…..

[@EverettBaland]

Hey from Texas. Here's an example in the DFW Metromess, I mean Metroplex. The City of Irving alone has captured hundreds of them. And yes they're hunted all over, where you can do it.

[@mikeknowles8017]

When you monetize something you get more of it. When you tax something you get less of it. Texas land owners charge a lot of money to go hunt hogs on their land. If it was a problem they would pay people to hunt them. Start taxing landowners for allowing wild hogs to exist on their property and and charging for hunting and they would quickly vanish. Follow the money.

[@candyland90]

My brother accidentally hit a wild hog many years ago in Pearland, Texas. It totaled his car! I honestly didn't know we had a wild hog problem in Texas until my brother had his accident.

[@SouthernBuggy-of8xb]

I live in San Antonio and was coming out of Planet Fitness one night and encountered a feral hog. I walked over to my car and there was a very large one eating food near a dumpster behind Pizza Hut. He stopped and stared me down as if he was ready to charge at me. Luckily he didn't. These things get pretty large and have very intimidating looking tusks.

[@abbyynorman2874]

Y’all get why hunting needs to remain? Keep proper balance

[@markab5019]

They are already in Wisconsin. The DNR caught a guy with a semi trailer full of feral hogs. He let them out for hunting and the DNR let him do it because they said there was nothing illegal about it. Who’s to blame for this one?

[@sswwooppee]

Sounds like BS. There’s definitely laws against free grazing livestock in WI.

[@howardvenze9956]

It's illegal in Wisconsin to release feral hogs. Some guy was charged in 2008 for releasing hogs. The witness for this was not the DNR. The witness was found to be not credible.

[@Madmun357]

No, not everybody in Texas is hunting them. These ranchers and farmers say hogs are a problem, but they charge a pretty penny to "let" you hunt them.

[@DemPilafian]

That's fine. I don't see a contradiction.

[@msa4548]

Same thing in Georgia, I'm not interested in paying to help reduce the population.

[@ryandavids1129]

Exactly!!!! Glad someone else sees it. It's not a big enough problem where ranchers will let you hunt then without throwing good money to them.

[@DemPilafian]

@@ryandavids1129 That's like saying inflation isn't a big enough problem where stores are deciding to lower prices to fix it.

[@BrettShadow]

They only charge what morons from DFW are willing to pay.... Some people even come from the other side of the border from Houston and pay for hunts too

[@jenniferrush8231]

Umm they are here in mn… we just had 5 come through my parents property in deerwood MN… on video…

[@richardcranium3579]

Illegals?

[@dennisdanich7190]

So when you called how long did it take them to get there

[@mengkhang1037]

They obviously have not seen the asain market. If you unrestricted the harvest. They'll probably endanger or put them to near extinction.

[@lsrlsr7524]

Should be no Restrictions they are an invasive animal. It wouldn't matter if they went into extinction.

[@cecileroy557]

@@lsrlsr7524 Exactly!!

[@grbenway]

Well that would be a good thing. the hogs (feral) out there are hybrids and not a native species.

[@bozimmerman]

Harvesting wild hogs is 100% unrestricted in Texas for decades now, and we still have a problem. I would suggest that schools allow hunting clubs like we had before the 1970s, and get more people out there working on the problem.

[@grbenway]

Or ranchers could start letting people hunt the hogs without trying r@pe the hunters for money. are we supposed to give a crap when they are actively trying to keep it around?@@bozimmerman

[@thomastessin1663]

These feral swine can carry over twenty different pathogens. Canada must take care of this feral problem if they expect to keep exporting any domestic pork products to the USA period. Call your lawmakers now.

[@lookingthroughice7843]

Wake up dumby the wild pig problem didn't come from Canada, it's an American problem. Look at the map and see where the wild pig/bore problem is, its in the southern part of the States. Not even close to the Canadian border. You people are so dumb listening to your fake news.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

Actually it's more than 30 viral and bacterial diseases and nearly 40 different types of parasites - all transmittable to to humans, commercial livestock, other wild game and pets

[@specag31]

hmm, nah, Canada is a lost cause for any EFFECTIVE government. Your libs are WEF 2030 Plan zombies and your so called Conservatives are as feckless and worthless as ours in the U.S. Trump? That bag of gas could have prevented the you know and you know and didn't. His supporters will say "Oh, he didn't understand Washington D.C., or trusted the wrong people." So, what the heck was he doing running for President? Humans are headed for the new Dark Ages, we've passed the point of no return, get used to it. What's ahead? "Hunger Games." We are the WORST GENERATION for being fat and lazy and letting this happen.

[@JTMAR379]

Oh is that why people keep eating them funny how that works

[@ethimself5064]

Did you know that the largest Pork produced in the USA is literally owned by China(CCP) Great DOC in this tube by PBS By the way Canada imports almost all of its Pork from the USA

[@James225]

Don't worry. They're trying to ban almost all semi automatic firearms so you won't be able to hunt them either when they become a problem here in MN. Thank Walz

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Herd them into Minneapolis. The Zoomalis will love them.

[@0004612]

@@two_tier_gary_rumainor St Cloud or Fairbult or Cottage Grove or….

[@JimJWalker]

Yet, our president says there is no reason anyone should own an AR-15 or a suppressor. Just ask a Texas farmer.

[@frankcastle5294]

"Our President" is a complete buffoon and crooked as hell. Know how I know? I live on the Delaware border.

[@smackaroo4159]

The only folks who support heavy gun control are folks who have never been afraid and who can’t imagine how fragile their world is. Their decisions affect hunters to hikers to people just living normal suburban lives, and HOGS are even an issue! I used to despise guns, now I am afraid of a future without them.

[@wreckitjax]

Somehow we lived hundreds of years without AR-15s but now we need them? Sure Billy Bob.

[@JimJWalker]

@@wreckitjax Somehow we lived hundreds of years without billions of dollars of feral hog damage to our food supply. Yes, we need them hunted and kept in check, silly Karen.

[@JimJWalker]

@tjax If you were a farmer with your families living planted in a field are you honestly telling me you would NOT want the best tool to defend your families income? Sure City Slicker! Go code something....

[@dhansel4835]

Yes, down here in Texas we have them by the millions. I call them survival food. When everything go to heck in a hand basket we can survive on pork chops, bacon and sausage.

[@ozranch9479]

Don't shoot, report. That's a dumb statement. What he is saying is to let the government take care of this. That doesn't give anybody confidence. He should say shoot and report.

[@werwsere5884]

The state of Texas does have a bounty program for feral hogs, of $5.00. Looks like the bounty should be substantially raised, say to about $50.00 per pig. 10,000 pigs would b e$500,000, a small price to pay for stopping millions of $$$ in damage.

Sounds like a bounty for illegal immigrants.

[@shovelhead81]

I don't know much about wild hogs but my question is: Do they taste like regular pigs? Does their bacon taste the same? What about the deceases we are told that they have? If their eating farm crops , then what sickness would they carry. Are they safe to eat?

[@user-pn9db8sm5w]

Good questions.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

@@user-pn9db8sm5w "Do they taste like regular pigs?" Yes and no. Any wild animal has a diet that is not controlled. What an animal eats directly affects the taste of the meat. While hogs are mostly herbivores, they will eat just about anything they come across including decaying animals, rotten acorns etc. The level of gameyness in the meat can vary quite a bit from region to region and from one individual hog to the next. Also older boar hogs are full of testosterone that drastically affects the wild taste of the meat. I personally have killed large boars where the meat stank so bad, you couldn't stand to be in the same room with it if you tried to cook it. Now on a younger sow, the meat can be excellent. I personally prefer a sow 80 pounds or less if I'm planning on processing it. "Does their bacon taste the same?" No, in fact it's almost impossible to get a decent cut of bacon from a wild hog. Wild hogs don't have the amount of fat that a commercially raised hog does. Commercial hogs are raised to be fat so you get cuts like bacon. A wild hog pork belly is normally way to thin to cure, slice and make bacon. It's best just toss it in with other trimmings for sausage. Even other cuts from wild hogs must be cooked a little different that the pork cuts you'd get in a grocery store or from a butcher. The fat content just isn't there, so you have to adjust the way you cook it to prevent it from drying out. It is more like cooking venison than pork. If done properly though, it can make for great table fare. I prefer to smoke the shoulders, cut the loins into chops, a few roasts and the rest goes to sausage. As far as diseases, they can carry around 30 known disease and around 40 different parasites. The biggest danger is to other commercial livestock. They can spread infectious diseases in domestic animals, such as classical swine fever, brucellosis and trichinellosis, and in humans, diseases such as hepatitis E, tuberculosis, leptospirosis and trichinellosis to name a few. They are safe to eat if properly handled and cooked to a temperature that kills the diseases and parasites. The bigger risk to humans is handling the raw meat and disease transferring to you through a cut. Wear gloves if it worries you and cook it thoroughly.

[@theminister1154]

Judging from other responses under the video they're not super-safe to eat.

[@wolfmantroy6601]

The wild hogs I harvested on the Big Island were eating fruit. Mostly papaya. They were excellent table fare. The couple I got from high on the mountain where there wasn't as much food were not near as tasty. I caught them with snares.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

@@theminister1154 They actually are if you cook the meat thoroughly. It's no different than any other meat. I wouldn't recommend eating raw chicken either lol I've seen people get food poisoning from fast food places, can't say I've ever heard of anyone getting sick from a wild hog. Still there is a remote chance, so use normal precautions as you would with any other food.

[@Charmcity199]

This is no way to speak about Canadian police. “I don’t want feral swine in our state”, not cool.

[@hoibsh21]

I'd rather have wild hogs than wild migrants.

[@missdemeanor3524]

OH PLEASE. As if wild hogs are the worst invaders from TX.

[@jlv3x]

One harvests farmland while the other destroys crops which results in higher local pricing. If you own farmland you would see this as a completely different problem.

[@TimeSurfer206]

You're right, the Texans themselves are.

[@jjgreen5206]

Exactly. Non story

[@jaygee553]

Lolo😅

[@downinla4076]

Did you even comprehend the video or even know basic US geography? The hogs that are threatening Minneosate are from CANADA, which shares a border with Minnesota. Texas doesn't border Minnesota, it's in the south bordering MEXICO. They went to Texas to see the damage that a large feral hog population does to farmland and learn lessons from it.

[@raphlvlogs271]

the fast growth rate and generalist habit of pigs was why they became domesticated in the first place

[@Vernbubba]

Our current DNR commissioner will welcome them. Minnesota is screwed

[@grbmajor6645]

If only the hogs could vote, they would open the border to them.

[@joeyholthusen6495]

In Northern Minnesota i really don't think they would live long. Too many timber wolves we my parent's farm is. If a calf dies, its gone by morning. Wolf packs in the 20s are here in Beltrami County. Lol 😂 😅 good luck

[@maecarpenter6735]

Let's see in another five years.

[@joeyholthusen6495]

@@maecarpenter6735 if we get wild pigs the timber wolves population would absolutely increase. Because of the high amount of wolves its why the deer population in the Beltrami forest area is actually low. Especially when compared to other areas of low timber wolf population. We also have brush wolves or coyotes. But they are small like a German shepherd. Vs timber wolves here are 125-150 pounds on average. They are no joke....neighbors Rottweiler was found dead with its throat ripped out.

[@joeyholthusen6495]

@@maecarpenter6735 I think if only the DNR can transplant some of our timber wolves to your area would be awesome

[@maegpye]

While doing genealogy research, I came across the term "hog reeve" which was a Colonial New England term for a person charged with the prevention or appraising of damages by stray swine.

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Fantastic. Word guy myself.

[@sjordan7085]

That's very interesting, thank you for sharing!

[@theseukonnen1200]

Related term to "Shire reeve," which is the origin of the word "sherriff"

[@joeg5414]

I'm in Colorado. They seem to have done pretty good getting rid of the few we had. Climate probably isn't that good for them in most of the state. Southeast part of Colorado though has to be careful.

[@johnmead8437]

It's not difficult if you want to and people are cooperative, and the habitat accessible. Texans?? Well the interview showed pigs being fostered by texas Guides, a serious pest themselves. And then there are the recreational hunters. Pigs doing fine, thanks, plenty of allies.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

@@johnmead8437 Wild hogs are strictly regulated in Texas now. We have licensed holding facilities where they are slaughtered and processed for overseas markets that have more lenient meat standards than our FDA. Only boars can be sold to licensed high fence hunting operations. These hunting operations have strict guidelines on fencing and record keeping is required on every hog they take in. Sows can only be transferred to a facility for slaughter. Every single boar must be documented, and marked by ear tag or electronic tracking. If any marked captive hogs are found to have escaped, you will pay fines and probably lose the license. If you're caught transporting them to anywhere other than a licensed holding facility, you face some pretty hefty fines.

[@johnmead8437]

@@chrisrosenthal1210 Very informative thanks. In NZ a few decades ago the wild game meat market, open to any supplier, got wild pig numbers very low in accessible locations, unless landowners impeded hunters access (keeping them or themselves/their mates, or livestock issues). Since that market ceased due to risk of contaminated export meat the population exploded and hunters not only filed to control numbers, they liberated pigs into new areas. Videos on YT will show them catching and releasing sows. Only about 10% of hunters were competent. Similar issues will likley affect the US.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

@@johnmead8437 Yes they have. That is one of the reasons behind the regulations on transporting them. A few decades ago, hogs weren't as widespread as they are now. A lot of hunters were trapping them and releasing them into new areas. I'm not sure about other states, but Texas has really cracked down on that in the last decade. Back then it was pretty common to sell them to the nearest ranch for people that hunted them. But like I said, the only places that can legally hold hogs for hunting now are required to mark and inventory every single boar. They have strict fencing requirements and get heavy fines or loss of the license if any escape. As usual, out government figured out a way to reduce the profit in yet another small business model. People used to pay as much as a dollar a pound for a nice trophy boar. Now I think it's more like 30 cents a pound. It's not worth the hassle, so no one does it anymore.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@chrisrosenthal1210 not in west Texas, i looked into it.

[@VincentHaugen]

I left MN years ago to get away from the politics and weather. Settled in Al. We have a feral hog problem and I harvest a couple every year here on the farm. Meat is ok, but much leaner than commercial farm raised pork. Old hogs are usually not really that good to eat. Very strong and gamey. It's a shame the idiots in St. Paul have gone so far left and are doing their best to disarm the law abiding while promoting the criminals in the state. Still have family in both nw MN and down near the Iowa border. They would happily hunt the hogs if they can but aren't happy with the restrictions being pushed on law abiding sportsmen and firearms owners. Best do what you can to keep this from getting out of hand because you don't want the problems we have down here in the south with the feral/wild hogs. They are extremely destructive and tend to be nocturnal. Best weapon I've found is an AR-10 with a good thermal imaging device or infrared scope. Second choice, would be a Springfield M1A .308 or an M1 Garand with some type of thermal scope. Feral hogs are tough animals and move faster than you might think. Been treed several times by them while hunting. And yes they can and will kill dogs or human if frightened, angry or cornered.

[@farmgirlrebel1333]

notice how the MN DNR was "don't take matters into your own hand, report, don't shoot"....yeah, we will be overrun with hogs with that attitude for sure. I'm in southern MN, I think most people would shoot and not bother reporting.

[@saltzmann1]

What's for dinner pork pork and more pork. They should help Supply the soup kitchens. The pork would be an excellent addition to the menu of the day.

[@jeg5438]

Last I checked it cost $650 to hunt hogs in Texas. Land owners won't let people hunt for free.

[@KILLKING110]

You can't have every Bubba running wild on private property especially the poor ones that can only afford a 22 short rifle that's not only a recipe for bs lawsuits but also could actually get someone killed by friendly fire.

[@grbenway]

It is soooooo funny that state that would limit mag size is getting feral hogs... I love this timeline

[@BestMods168]

Problem was engineered.

[@edwardvahlin569]

just like the illegal aliens problem

[@billy56081]

I agree, along with the reintroduction of wolves and mountain lions.

[@donarthiazi2443]

​@@billy56081 At least those species are where they always were until they were hunted out.

[@billm2078]

I want to see grizzly bears reintroduced to LA and San Francisco. ​@@donarthiazi2443

[@tuckerbugeater]

easier to poison the well than to dig it

[@myblacklab7]

If there was a food shortage in Texas, I bet those wild hogs wouldn't last a month - Texans would totally BBQ their way out of their wild hog problem. It's amazing that we live with such abundance that we think it's a problem when there is too much delicious food wandering around.

[@lineset7765]

They carry disease so be careful.

[@texan2u]

Come on down and "Get at It"..they're reproducing every day !

[@WVgrl59]

I don't know it has to be a female and then you have to worry about parasites. A male would be too gamey.

[@ProfessionalDefenestrater]

I'm a Texan, that's a weird statement. There are also a lot of horses, dogs, pigeons, and guys named Daniel, but we don't eat that here...

[@myblacklab7]

@@texan2u The problem is that I love bacon, but I also think pigs are cute. :/ Still, if it's for the good of Texas, I suppose I will seriously consider your call to arms, and god help those poor, tasty swine, if I answer the call. I guess I'll have to open a food truck too. All for the cause.

[@dennacommons1796]

We are here from the government and we’re here to help. Depend solely on us or go to prison. Edit spelling

[@larrythompson8630]

My nephew went to college in TX hog hunts, and seeing automated traps. Thing is they are dangerous if they are cornered, feel trapped.

[@BrettShadow]

They are dangerous PERIOD! I live in East Texas. A woman not too far from me was killed going to her car one morning at dawn. She unknowingly walked between a sow and her piglets. People think cute little pink pigs with spider stenographers.... These things can push 400lbs and have giant razor sharp cutters (tusks) up to 8" long or more

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Consider that true for any animal. Corner an opossum ... or even a freak'n ferret or mountain cottontail and you'll see some last-ditch fight. Rattlers too, I guess. Though I appreciate the snake's warning and tendency to flee; but seem to randomly decide they're cornered even if not. sigh. add disclaimer they still could have gotten me 9 out of 10 times that I had no clue.

[@CoalCreekCroft]

@@BrettShadow I live in remote Montana with enough out there to carry a sidearm at least. Plenty of bear encounters, etc. This boar thing is like another planet. Brings back all the childhood trauma and fear from Old Yeller ... if they were out here, it would change EVERYTHING (like higher firepower). A big chill was a documentary that showed, as I recall, escaped domestic pigs will turn wild, begin growing tusks, etc., within weeks. Respect. Suddenly all my grizzly, lion and wolf stories have become laughable.

[@BrettShadow]

@CoalCreekCroft So that brings up another unexpected side effect of the pigs... Rattlesnakes have stopped rattling. Not ALL of them but in certain areas and growing. What does that have to do with pigs? Pigs EAT snakes. So their warning rattles turned into dinner bells. It's truly amazing how quickly nature adapts and evolves. To quote one of the elite intellectual minds and top tier scientist in all of human history... "Life...uhh... finds a way" -Dr. Ian Malcolm

[@BrettShadow]

@CoalCreekCroft without considering the frequency of encounter, I think I would still rather face off with a big pig than a small grizzly. I know people who have been hit by pigs... a bunch of times... I don't feel like there are many people out there that say the same about Grizzlies... Probably because they can't say it... because they're dead... Because of the grizzly

[@trieger50]

Why do those hogs look so much like Fani Willis?

[@Falconlibrary]

Don't be insulting. Hogs have feelings, ya know.

[@bobmatley]

@@Falconlibrary A lot smarter than Fanni as well.

[@christopherarner8322]

Mooooo

[@CoalCreekCroft]

I've faced grizzlies, wolves, coyotes; followed by a mountain lion once by tracks and carry a sidearm in warm season due to rattlesnakes. But wild boars freak me out as much as alligators (thanks, Old Yeller). Yet I say build up those wild boars at the border in Texas along with stocking the Rio Grande with gators. They ain't political, work for free and would be damn more effective.

[@johnryman-f3c]

Knowing Minnesota it will be a huge problem before anything is done

[@stevenryle5709]

They are good eating. We've got plenty here in West-central Florida.

[@dsloop3907]

Hannah Barron can show you how to remove them.

[@33736]

As long as you have people hunting them for profit, they will always be a problem. You can have farm farm farm and then a hunting ranch and that’s the problem.

[@jimjones9239]

Huh? What are you smoking dude?

[@vdx8888]

They used to infiltrate the club scene in England because every Thursday night at "RAF Mildenhall" club was "Hog Call". LMAO

[@farmgirlrebel1333]

Oh no you didn't?!? LOL, I was at the "Heath" and remember those "Hog Calls" vividly.

[@jlunde4364]

I will gladly participate in the removal. I will also gladly donate them to the urban homeless shelters where those folks can learn how to properly clean, process and cook the food given to them. No more tax dollars wasted on the ebt candy store

[@tricopimp]

Not sure where you’re located but doing that might be illegal. Not saying it’s a good law or that the government has any authority to make it but they will try to imprison or shoot you if you don’t comply.

[@grantkruse1812]

If that "pork" poisons those woefull homeless types, you are prepared to defend yourself in court...

[@louskunt9798]

That was some excellent reporting.

[@Jbroker404]

This is why I don't understand how some countries with lots of rural farmland and similar problems can outright ban guns. They are a necessary tool for nature.

[@coldspring624]

what a load. this gig was played out in Michigan years ago.

[@cherylholub3100]

This is the truth.

[@thomasanderson2870]

Pigs in michigan?🤔🙄🤣 RIGHT... They told us to beware of DANGEROUS CLOWNS 🤡 a few years ago too!🤥

[@DavidVanHelden1]

WAIT !!!... We have a big wild pig problem on the streets of seattle these days.... Aurora avenue.... They should do something about that....

[@shawnsanders2182]

FEED THE HOMELESS

[@gailhall6283]

Where are the homeless suppose to cook it at? They do not have a stove.

[@user-pn9db8sm5w]

​@@gailhall6283 -- Set up public barbecues in their areas, give the processed meat to shelters and senior centers.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

Sounds like a great idea, but the FDA won't approve them for human consumption because of the amount of disease and parasites they carry. You can't hold them near or process them in the same places as commercial livestock because of contamination or possible disease transfer. Here in Texas we do have holding facilities that butcher them and send the meat to other countries with less stringent food requirements. They also live in remote and hard to access areas which makes it non profitable to harvest and process them with any regularity. Anything raised for human consumption is highly regulated in regards to disease and parasite control. You just can't do that with wild game.

[@gailhall6283]

@@chrisrosenthal1210 Thanks Chris, that all makes sense. That sounds like the voice of experience talking.

[@user-pn9db8sm5w]

@@chrisrosenthal1210 - Thanks for the explanation, makes perfect sense now.

[@chinookvalley]

Let's look at this from Nature's point of view. There aren't too many pigs, there are too many people taking over wildlife's habitat. Here in Colorado we used to have elk, deer, pronghorn, birds, fox, and other wildlife EVERYWHERE, but because so many houses, malls, highways, bridges, and other human endeavors are taking over what used to be prime habitat, the numbers of wildlife are shrinking to nothing. Do we really want to continue making our planet void of Nature's splendor?

[@invalidaccount2315]

yup we need to drill all that oil and to build miles of parking lots, nature can deal.

[@sanniepstein4835]

We controlled our breeding for generations and the only reward was that the treasonous govt opened the border. So stop harassing ppl for being alive.

They are invasive species. Nature didn't put them here, people did.

[@CabinGRL]

I grew up eating wild pig sausage from my grandparents Timber farms in AL and GA. We plant chufa for ours they love it and makes the meat sweet.

[@elena-lc4uk]

But they say they have diseases

[@CabinGRL]

@@elena-lc4uk My father was a PhD Biologist / Wetlands Ecologist if the wild hogs had “diseases” we wouldn’t have been eating them. The wild hogs in Texas now may have diseases but they aren’t endemic it’s man-made. Maybe Bill Gates new project to infect all hog populations feral and domestic to further reduce food options.

[@1anthonybrowning]

I'm from East Texas. Minnesota, you do not want these critters in your state. There were no exaggerations in this video. If anything, the problem is worse than you could comprehend as you are not exposed to them yet. I know a lady who stepped out her door, saw a bunch of hogs close to her house. She reached right in the door for a shotgun. Seven shots, seven hogs. She doesn't eat them, but here father does. She loaded them up and took to her dad, who processed them and filled his freezer.

How could you eat something full of shotgun pellets?

[@MsMuffetsTuffet]

Very carefully!!😆😅

[@texan2u]

So the hundred thousand acre guys can pay for the hunters to come and help. What do us 29 or 30 acre guys do, pop for all the thermals and rifles ? whew !

[@PeterSedesse]

This is a myth in Texas. In Texas the hunters are paying the landowners for the right to hunt on the land. This encourages the landowners to feed the hogs and protect them.

[@aztec0112]

"Don't shoot, report" - Thanks government official! We know how well that works!

[@jameswatson4110]

If you don’t have them it’s just a matter of time before you do

[@sjordan7085]

Sounds like Covid!

[@ScottPriebe-m6f]

Trump 2024❤ gas 1.85 inflation 1% all four years it’s all documented

[@abrakadabrah3031]

What about warnings about child abduction, pedophiles, extortion, scammers, sex trafficking... Real threat...

[@TimeSurfer206]

Go to a Pig Farm, and ask the farmer to let you into the pen so you can lie down with the pigs. "Not a real threat..." Wild pigs are smart, cunning, and always hungry.

[@beckyd712]

That is a Human "Pig" problem

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

@@TimeSurfer206 "Not a real threat..." Making up a quote there.

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

State media propaganda by omission.

[@TimeSurfer206]

@@MinnesotaBeekeeper It's called "Paraphrasing," darling, and since you wear a Red Hat... It does not surprise me at all that the big word confoozled you.

[@rockymtn1291]

Well, there’s justification for having high capacity firearms right there.

[@matortiz2322]

Currently MN is more worried about banning and forcing registration on certain firearms in the state than encouraging the residents to manage pests should we even bother mentioning the WOLF problem!!!!!!

[@TRuth.T]

They decimated the deer, sadly...

[@subcomandantemarcos3666]

These wolves will have a food source, and then further multiply with a sustainable food source 🙄 need to open up a wolf/coyote season. Never been up to hunt in MN, but read all about the struggles with the wolf issue. ✌🏾from TX

[@Jeff-sl8xz]

​@@subcomandantemarcos3666hunted Minnesota All of my life we have some big bodied deer would love to hunt hogs in Texas I looked into it a couple of years ago and I won't pay to help get rid of the problem and that's what I ran across they wanted me to pay for getting rid of their problem ain't going to happen

[@dbcooper692]

Out here in communist California, you have to go threw a background check just to buy amo. Minnesota is turning into another CA., good luck with that!!

[@silentmajority8365]

Or the diversity problem lol

[@maforever4144]

Live in GA, just had 2 in my backyard, during the day, in the open. Many people willing to help get rid of them. About 3 miles from me, woman took picture of 3 adults and 11 babies. Yep, it is going to be a problem.

[@Boris-kd3jz]

"don't shoot"...? ah, job security for dnr folx

[@rob6850]

They're trying to ban "assault weapons" here too, so they don't want to send the sheep conflicting messages.

[@GreggRoberts]

I just bought my first thermal scope and would be interested if there is a bounty and I can get land owner's permission. It would need to be a DNR (not MDNR) sanctioned bounty though.

[@trapperbobpatriot8288]

The greedy land owners will charge you to fix their problems with pigs

[@bobby2pistolz854]

not at all, here in texas farmers will PAY, and i mean pay GOOD, some people charge per pig. Some people charge by the day. We look out for eachother down here. Come see for yourself my friend@@trapperbobpatriot8288

[@bach27]

These things suck. Torn my families farm to shreds. I've seen some monsters too. Oh, unless you're a good cook they taste horrible.

[@mikerilling2745]

No closed season No bag limit Let’s go people

[@maddhatter3564]

since hunting them got attention nationwide the ranchers who used to pay you to hunt them now charge.

[@seane6616]

@@guyfaux5010Because you cant hunt on a lot of federal land, so they always have a lot of land o reproduce

[@seane6616]

@@guyfaux5010 Hogs can live well in the federal parks/land too....and if they are protected there, they can keep spreading out. It could very well be the issue, couldnt it?

[@seane6616]

@@guyfaux5010 So you cant even understand how hogs can reproduce in the safe areas and then keep invading the non safe areas from there? You have a potatoe for a brain

[@jongrossardt7542]

And the DNR prohibits hunters from taking wild hogs to control them - you have to be a specially licensed and approved hunter. The DNR will wait until there is a large problem rather than putting a bounty on wild hogs and declaring an open season and allowing the use of a small game license. Make it easy for hunters to take them, not adding roadblocks...

[@txdba]

Hog control is another valid reason for the ATF to stop regulating suppressors.

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

Sasquatch food.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

They've stocked hogs for hunting for decades. Some still do it but its becoming illegal in many states.

[@sdranac]

Ok, can you explain why they are living in perfect balance and harmony with all other native animals all over Europe and why hunters and farmers and ranchers (most of them also hunters in Europe) don’t mind them and love them for the hunting opportunities they provide and for their excellent meat? People all over Europe love them and they DO NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS. They diversify their hunting harvest and their diet and they appreciate them. By the way I LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN and I hunt just about everything and I have NEVER SEEN A SINGLE WILD PIG OR WILD BOAR and none of my hunting friends either and we have called around, contacted farmers, ranchers, land owners, biologists, conservation officiers and we also looked around hard and never saw a single one of them nor a single sign of them. I spend a lot of time scouting, harvesting sheds, watching and photographing wildlife all over the province and hunting for whitetail deer, mule deer, antelope, ducks, geese, grouse, rabbit, etc., you name it and I also own farmland and pastureland and I have NEVER SEEN ANY WILD PIG AND ANY WILD BOAR OR THE DESTRUCTION THEY SAY THEY CAUSE. It is about time that everyone realizes that every single time a new species arrive in a new area, a few individuals see an opportunity to get a new job to make more money and then with the help of GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ALWAYS DIRECTLY LINKED TO AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENTS (WHO SEE ALL WILDLIFE AS A (FICTIONAL) THREAT TO THE LUCRATIVE CROPS OF THE MEGA AGRICULTURE) THEY START HUGE EXPENSIVE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAMS AND INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EVEN INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLED MASS MEDIA PUBLICITY TO CREATE A FALSE PANIC ( very similar to the false pandemic don’t you think? ) AND THIS IS ALL PAID FOR WITH PRECIOUS TAXPAYERS’S DOLLARS! It is always the same thing; a new species arrives-false panic is created by blaming it of all problems, all diseases, all sins- species labelled as INVASIVE- expensive useless eradication programs start- population of the “invasive” species continue to grow- after a few years population stabilizes- after a few more years the “invasive” species is then labelled “introduced” and we all realize that those animals are part of the natural environment and they do not cause any more problems than any other wildlife species…..no more than…..THE NEXT NEW INVADING SPECIES THAT WILL ALSO BE TARGETED BY THE MASS MEDIAS AND MULTI MILLION DOLLAR ERADICATION AGENCIES AND COMPANIES! AND THE VICIOUS CYCLE STARTS AGAIN!

[@ChickensAndGardening]

A friend of mine flew down from Massachusetts to a ranch in Texas that advertises a guided hog hunt. He didn't even see one. Waste of several thousand dollars. Meanwhile, guys just driving around with thermal goggles and a decent sight on their rifles can take down several in a night.

[@onekerri1]

"Build that wall". A wall is great for keeping all kinds of people/animals out. haha

[@chex4214]

We have one thing that Texas doesn't. 90,000 Hmong people 😂 I'm Hmong. Don't worry, they wont get far. I don't eat wild hogs, but my people love them. It's too gamey for my Americanized palate. I got used to Smithfield swine.

[@valevisa8429]

I live in the middle of Europe but we don't have a problem with hogs,because we have plenty of wolves and bears who take care of them.

[@Terra-t3b]

If you are reporting it they are all ready here

[@johnbell8011]

With all that potential food … you don’t have to eat insects or vegetables grown in human compost sludge👉🏼 like our leaders want US to. It’s an endless food supply … hey people leave them insects(h*mans) alone😂

[@paulespinoza974]

MINNESOTANS: You wanna know how you got feral pig infestation? Gov. Abbott sent you a starter bunch to you via bus!!!

[@michaelhofer954]

Well we have wild pigs in saskatchewan from the usa

[@ChuckThree]

Nope. That population started in Canada. There’s evidence the original Texas strain has only made it to the Appalachians but not quite over it. They track it closely.

[@jymdaddy1465]

They won't get out of control in MN if there are no closed season or bag limits. The bacon lovers will ensure that.

[@rypatmackrock]

After doing some research; who thinks that wolves should be introduced to areas to eat the pigs? The red wolves, the Great Plains wolves, and the hopefully recovering Mexican wolves are all native to Texas; and there’s the ghost pack of the red coy-wolves near Galveston. Eurasian gray wolves commonly eat pigs I just found out. I’m a little obsessed with wolves, yet my research and learning about them has fueled that in return with a newfound respect. I also found, (even if I’ve never been to Minnesota, and only had airplane layovers in Texas), that Minnesota is also home to some of the last surviving packs of the great plains wolves in the US, that are hopefully in the clear when it comes to their population. Besides pig hunting in California that also has our share of pigs, I hope that getting reacquainted with natural predators that call North America home, besides bears, mountain lions and powerful Jaguars could be part of the solution besides we humans. Since the pigs are truly destructive, I sometimes wonder if there will need to be a nationwide hunting campaign like what nearly drove the buffalo to extinction along with wolves. Let us work together to keep the pigs under control. From here forward, I am howling with the wolves. Howl Howl!

[@rypatmackrock]

@@MH-83 as long as you respect nature and know proper precautions that are apparently well documented, and trust your own instincts without encouraging the predators to chase you; at least there are game plans to mitigate attacks, even if you do encounter large Apex predators. I have been humbled and a bit privileged to have not face large predators yet, even if I have been afraid of encountering mountain lions near warning signs for them, and sometimes dream of encountering my local coyote packs I hear about in San Diego. The closest Apex predator encounter I had was very much by proxy in a hiking trip in Kings Canyon, where my father and my younger brother were pacing ahead of my mother and I; and my father directed us to turn around after finding a black bear down the trail from us. Proper precaution, we turned back, and crisis averted. The recommendations for when encountering mountain lions and coyotes is the stand strong with your arms in the air, look bigger than you are, and make loud noises to scare them away which is doable. There are also the KZbin videos of intimidating mountain lion encounters, where one Utah hiker had a six minute standoff with a Mother mountain lion defending her cubs, chased him down a fire road the whole time showing her claws, and she eventually returned to her cubs while the hiker recorded the whole incident. I encourage you to do research on your local wildlife Center or zoo that has wolves and wild canids that include foxes, and to educate yourself instead of going by primal fight or flight instincts that the research very much suggests, descend from our great ape relatives with all due respect. At the end of the day, would you rather have a feral pig infestation in the area where you live, or a healthy ecosystem fighting back against them, even if you could hunt the pigs, and have them processed for some fresh pork? I much prefer the latter, and I entertained myself with a bedtime story draft of my imagined continuation of little red riding hood for the modern era. In it, we have a Germanic family descended from German immigrants of the mid-19th century, since little red riding hood was written and published by the brothers Grimm in the early 19th century, and our protagonist is a bright, young daughter I named Rachael to alliterate with Riding, who because of the legacy of little red riding hood, grew up with a strong family conviction of protecting themselves against wolves; much like the set up of Disney Pixar‘s coco with music. I incorporated reflections of my own upbringing and my dynamic with my parents where the mother in my story is empathetic and generally supportive, while the father is not always forgiving. Though I am yet to further actualize a more compelling and substantive story overall, I ended it with Rachael graduating from eighth grade, realizing her special obligation to be a true ambassador for the plight of endangered wolves like the Mexican wolf and the red wolf as redemption to her legacy as a descendent of little red riding hood. Of course it was to give me hope and entertain myself as I fell asleep last night, yet I do intend to further elaborate for friends and family, and for wolf advocates/recovery workers. At the end of the day, wolf conservation and recovery is becoming a new passion next to music with politics intimately woven into this issue, because of the timeless struggle of humanity versus our natural ecosystems. We either fight nature, with nature fighting back; or learn how nature has sustained us for over 2 million years of human evolution. Either we continue the conversation, or peacefully continue our own lives. I very much intend to visit the California wolf center in Julian, east of San Diego where I currently live. They are helping with the recovery of the Mexican wolves that maybe the source of your story, yet I have grown to see the beauty, majesty, and grace of the Mexican wolves, and how much they need our help to reclaim their place in the circle of life like the end of the lion king. Please watch the lion King and recognize Simba‘s character arc in defeating scar. Enough said.

[@chrisrosenthal1210]

Texas is cattle country, why would we introduce a species that does more harm that the hogs to commercial livestock?

[@rypatmackrock]

@@MH-83 I am familiar with that story. Indeed grizzly bears are huge Apex omnivores that command respect like African lion prides, spotted hyena clans, and hungry tigers. Never underestimate the power of nature, and I let those stories be a reminder to always remember that lesson. Nature will always be more powerful than us. I honestly find a bit of solace from watching raw footage of wolf packs hunting buffalo herds, as they have since the Pleistocene epoch. Timeless ecology in action that has a greater purpose in the aggregate, by sustaining its ecosystems for millions of years. Grizzly bears, mountain lions, and wolf packs are thankfully in some areas of North America still the reigning Apex predators of their territories. Let us honor their habitat in return. And on a lighter note, tying all of this back to the original video; do you think a grizzly bear in that regard would be more than a match for a giant feral pig? You take care all the same. My television nature idols/spokes people and hosts of nature shows were the Kratt brothers of Zoboomafoo in the beginning, the legacy of Steve Irwin when he died, Austin Stevens the retired snake master/herpetologist, and now Coyote Peterson along with the Kratt brothers’ latest cartoon show called the wild Kratts. I will be brave and stay wild with the respect that nature commands. All the same, whenever we encounter majestic wildlife that includes huge grizzly bears; marvel from a safe distance, do not disturb the bear too much, and never provoke it with it’s sheer power as you mentioned. I might see that documentary, yet the moral seems already clear enough to always respect wildlife. Enough said. Our views of wildlife and nature have been expressed.

[@dennacommons1796]

Catron county New Mexico no pigs that I have seen but we have lots of wolfs. See them in the yard, running down the road with something in their mouth that was at least 1/2 their size, hear them walking in the arroyo. Rather have wolves, they don’t try to kill by charging.

[@jaygilley2223]

What many don’t realize is that all the apex predators like bears, cougars, wolves, (coyotes are not going to kill pigs) is that they mostly live off prey animals like deer and elk (and pets in backyards). The easy stuff. Pigs are in packs and will attack. They are apex animals themselves and too much (not worth the effort and chance of getting seriously hurt) for our apex predators.