Feral Hogs a Concern in One Region of BC After 2023 Wildfires

A group in B.C. is warning that one of the consequences of the extensive wildfires in 2023 is hogs may have escaped into the wild and turned feral. “Domestic pigs can become feral,” said Robyn Hooper, executive director of the Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society. “They can do so just by escaping into the wild and they can start to change, but they can also mate with wild pigs,” she told The Epoch Times. In a news release, the Society, which is headquartered in Revelstoke, B.C., says the wildfires destroyed fencing and may have led to hogs escaping. “At this point, it’s just been anecdotal,” said Ms. Hooper. “We’re trying to get some more firm information … there’s the potential that any escaped pigs can establish wild populations.”...