Programs to reduce feral hog populations haven’t made a dent in the destruction path brought by the animals. The hunt is on for a way to efficiently reduce the population of feral hogs.

A Newsweek photo montage, representing feral hogs in the United States ... "The European wild boar and the various breeds of domestic swine that live in the United States and Canada are all ...

Descended from both Polynesian pigs and European breeds, Hawaiian feral hogs are found throughout ... account for the much larger population of wild hogs on the islands. No one is exactly sure ...

They are the ultimate survivor.” Feral hogs—or wild pigs, wild boar, feral swine, or razorbacks—aren’t new to the US; by some accounts, they arrived in the 1500s, shipped in by Spanish ...

Wild hogs are also called feral swine and are the same species as domesticated pigs found on farms. Ohio is one of several states to vote on legislation that would prohibit ownership of wild pigs.

Wild hogs can be found in nearly three dozen states, and their numbers keep increasing. Feral hog populations have grown substantially over the past four decades, taking over areas in the South ...

Wild hogs, elk, bison, caribou, moose and deer can all potentially carry the bacteria, which can cause fever, chills, weight loss, and joint and muscle pain. To cook feral hog, the CDC recommends ...

The wild pigs in Canada are unique because they were originally crossbred by humans to be larger and more cold-hardy than their feral cousins to the south. This suite of traits has earned them the ...

Canadian feral hogs often eat crops such as wheat ... Brook notes. Mixing between wild boar and commercial pig breeds likely contributes to that, since traits such as heft and large litter ...