Whether you call them feral pigs, boar, swine, hogs, or even razorbacks, wild pigs are one of the most damaging invasive species on Earth, and they're notorious for damaging agriculture and native wildlife.
A huge portion of Earth's carbon is stored in soil, so releasing even a small fraction of this into the atmosphere can have a huge impact on climate change.The problem with pigs Wild pigs have also been found to directly threaten 672 vertebrate and plant species across 54 different countries. This includes imperilled Australian ground frogs, tree frogs and multiple orchid species, as pigs destroy their habitats and prey on them.
Similarly, a study in the Jigong Mountains National Nature Reserve in China found soil emissions increased by more than 70 per cent per year in places disturbed by wild pigs. Most of this soil damage and associated emissions occur in Oceania due to the large distribution of wild pigs there, and the amount of carbon stored in the soil in this region.Wild pigs use their tough snouts to excavate soil in search of plant parts such as roots, fungi and invertebrates. This "ploughing" behaviour commonly disturbs soil at a depth of about five to 15 centimetres, which is roughly the same depth as crop tilling by farmers.
This is because digging up soil exposes it to oxygen, and oxygen promotes the rapid growth of microbes. These newly invigorated microbes, in turn, break down the organic matter containing carbon.Wild pig control is incredibly difficult and costly due to their cunning behaviour, rapid breeding rate, and overall tough nature.
Reading the headline I thought this was about protestors 🤷♂️
It’s funny how each day could be our last because of COVID. Yet, the same doomsday proponents continue the scare campaign of cows and now pigs farting will fail a future, which according to them, we won’t have anyway. Methane produced at 11am is of greater concern.
Create a hunting game for visitors and kill all the feral pigs