Hunting wild pigs prohibited

[MikePal]

Really don't know what all the belly aching is about. Who says nothing is done. Isn't the Pickering pig incidence a good example of what's done when a threat is identified?
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/12/...boars-ontario/
Not one was taken by hunting.

Yea but..the term "wild' is a bit of a misnomer ...they would come to human-provided (bait) food.

It is not known where the pigs came from. There is speculation that they were raised in captivity and dumped in the area.

[finsfurfeathers]

Yea but..the term "wild' is a bit of a misnomer ...they would come to human-provided (bait) food.

If you are saying because they were naive they were easier to deal with? Doesn't that support the stance of not hunting them and deal with them in one swoop?

[SongDog]

This group of 14 have to be released half tame boars....

The one picture they are standing on the road/shoulder grazing and a passerby took the picture not 20 yards away.

How else would they get to Pickering? If they did travel there, It would be almost certain to be more feral pigs somewhere along their travel route.

Or maybe they swam across lake Ontario.[emoji848]

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[fishfood]

Really don't know what all the belly aching is about. Who says nothing is done. Isn't the Pickering pig incidence a good example of what's done when a threat is identified?
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/12/...boars-ontario/
Not one was taken by hunting.

What was the price tag on that?

What happens when they become to much to just trap a few here and there . That won't fly for long soon they will need a pig recovery team of experts to contain them lol.

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[finsfurfeathers]

What was the price tag on that?

What happens when they become to much to just trap a few here and there . That won't fly for long soon they will need a pig recovery team of experts to contain them lol.

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I don't believe the sky is falling just yet and we'll answer the what if when it is more evident. In my opinion the only reason to designate them as no hunting is to prevent any petition to release them for the purpose of hunting.

[js4fn]

Really don't know what all the belly aching is about. Who says nothing is done. Isn't the Pickering pig incidence a good example of what's done when a threat is identified?
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/12/...boars-ontario/
Not one was taken by hunting.

See that’s so cute all hogs caught with peanut butter marshmallow sandwiches. There all dead tho right

[Sam Menard]

A challenge to controlling these pigs whether it’s by hunting or government trapping is private land. There’s bound to be property owners who will not allow entry onto their land which will provide sanctuary for the piggies.

[Brampton Mike]

Another STUPID move by the government! Let's wait till we are over run with feral pigs and then open up a season for them....IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Badenoch]

A challenge to controlling these pigs whether it’s by hunting or government trapping is private land. There’s bound to be property owners who will not allow entry onto their land which will provide sanctuary for the piggies.

It won't be a challenge. Under the Invasive Species Act inspectors can enter private property for the purposes of surveying and insuring compliance.

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s15022

Entry on land during survey
(2) In the course of conducting a survey, an inspector may,

(a) enter any land at any reasonable time and be accompanied by any other person that the inspector authorizes; and

Inspection to determine compliance
17. (1) An inspector may enter and inspect any land, building or other place if,

(a) the inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that an invasive species, a carrier or other thing to which this Act or the regulations apply will be found on the land or in the building or place; or

And they can stop your car too.

Stopping conveyances to inspect
18. (1) An inspector may stop a conveyance if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that,

(a) there is a member of an invasive species or a carrier in or on the conveyance; or

(b) stopping the conveyance would assist in determining compliance with,

(i) this Act or the regulations,

Penalties for an individual go as high as $250,000 or a year behind bars.

[impact]

A challenge to controlling these pigs whether it’s by hunting or government trapping is private land. There’s bound to be property owners who will not allow entry onto their land which will provide sanctuary for the piggies.

They simply do not have the manpower in Ontario to control the growing population of feral pigs.
Its one thing to brag about netting a bunch of semi tame donut fed pigs but quite another to track down and capture the smart ones.
All optics.
You only have to look state side to see how well that has worked out for them.