A new website has joined the fight against invasive wild pigs in Canada, aiming to offer tools, information and resources to educate the public and offer them a way to report wild pig sightings.
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New wild pig website launches in Canada
Feral hogs — the problem persists
This article is not specifically about the business of beef except to cover the potential effect disease transmission plays and the ecological damage invasive species can wreak, either directly or indirectly. Wild pigs continue to expand out of control in Canada. We’ll also dive into the really bad decisions agriculture producers made in the 1980s […] Read more
Anti-ASF funds designated for Manitoba Pork
Three initiatives will be funded through the federal African swine fever preparedness program
The Manitoba Pork Council’s efforts against African swine fever now have almost $1 million in extra financial padding. On Aug. 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $944,340 in funding for Manitoba’s hog farm group. Funds were provided through AAFC’s African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program and were slotted for three initiatives: Squeal on Pigs, increased […] Read more
Hog wild — Canada’s feral pig problem worsens
Even as Alberta steps up tactics to control wild pigs and Canada develops a national strategy to control them, hope dims of eradicating invasive swine from the landscape
Whenever the wild pig problem facing Woodlands County makes the news, Dawn Fortin receives numerous phone calls, all promising the same thing. “Every time we get a media event that occurs, we are inundated with calls from expert hunters that want to come and fix our problem,” says Fortin, the agriculture services manager for this […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
