Wild pigs in Pickering

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...=pocket-newtab

Looks like they are talking about those expropriated airports lands.

The link is now behind a paywall. Here are a few more links:

https://www.google.ca/search?q=wild+...h=921&biw=1586

That story may be a rehash of the old story that was around quite a while ago. The wild pigs were trapped by MNRF staff. Unless there were recent sightings of more wild pigs, so far,no further sightings have been reported.

This might be the same article.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/more-than...ized-1.5699191

Meant to resurrect this thread today. 2 co workers commuting to working had to swerve to avoid some loose pigs yesterday morning between new Hamburg and Wellesley. A mother and a brood, all dark brown/black


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Originally Posted by trimmer21

That story may be a rehash of the old story that was around quite a while ago. The wild pigs were trapped by MNRF staff. Unless there were recent sightings of more wild pigs, so far,no further sightings have been reported.

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Or it maybe that the MNRF was as effective at eliminating them as they thought. I suspect it will be just a matter of time before we find out. They say once they get a foothold they breed like rabbits and spread into other areas. The big problem comes if they are hunted, as they tend to go nocturnal. Also they are devilfishes when it comes to doing agricultural crop damage.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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Originally Posted by Gun Nut

Or it maybe that the MNRF was as effective at eliminating them as they thought. I suspect it will be just a matter of time before we find out. They say once they get a foothold they breed like rabbits and spread into other areas. The big problem comes if they are hunted, as they tend to go nocturnal. Also they are devilfishes when it comes to doing agricultural crop damage.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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There's anecdotal evidence that the great lake states that adopted the "no hunting" philosophy are now in a position where trapping on an organized basis hasn't a hope of success. Land owners are feeling the financial pinch from damage to property. It's just a matter of time in Ontario.

Solution sounds familiar-did not we hear the same for the Emerald Ash Borer-great ORDER of the year: Do NOT transfer firewood?
That was it.

Look thru the window now,how that worked out for us.

But hey-while i do not rejoice, at least we can eat this species.
That day -my guess is rather soon- will come.

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Originally Posted by gbk

Solution sounds familiar-did not we hear the same for the Emerald Ash Borer-great ORDER of the year: Do NOT transfer firewood?
That was it.

Look thru the window now,how that worked out for us.

But hey-while i do not rejoice, at least we can eat this species.
That day -my guess is rather soon- will come.

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You bet it will......as soon as the agri sector starts losing a shyte ton of money to damage and the Tilley hat crew can't walk the trails without getting chased out by the three little piggies with a real bad attitude.;);)

I’ve personally seen some around Peterborough and my buddy saw one last year in Bancroft