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Posted: Apr 09, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 9 Feral swine are capable of spreading disease to other animals as well as humans and cause hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage annually in the United States.(The Associated Press) Ontario government and conservation officials hope to marshal the help of hunters, anglers and naturalists this spring in the hunt for an elusive and tenacious invasive species that's as much of a threat to farms as it is to the province's wild ecosystems.  Wild pigs are often big, wily and bad-tempered. With no natural predators in Ontario, ...

You can help root out wild pigs in Ontario before they become established Here's how you can help to root out wild pigs in Ontario before they become established Mar 14, 2021 5:30 PM Photo by Arthur Smaal via Pexels WATERLOO REGION — Anyone who wants to help root out wild pigs in Ontario before they become established can now access some instructions on how to do it. The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters has developed a protocol of best practices for trail camera use to help hunters or anyone with a trail camera be prepared to spot wild pigs in their area.

Since January last year the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry received 81 reports of wild pig sightings, according to Jolanta Kowalski, a spokesperson for the ministry. Locations where people report seeing wild pigs over the years range across southern Ontario from Chatham to the Bruce Peninsula in the southwest, Brantford and Dunnville in the southeast, Lefaivre toward Quebec and as far north as Temagami. The province defines a wild pig as any pig, whether domestic, Eurasian wild boar or a hybrid, that is outside a fence without an identifiable owner. Wild pigs have not yet esta...

  TORONTO -- When Carrot first wandered onto Lee-Anne Carver’s lawn as a fawn a few years ago, she knew there was something different about the deer. It was gentle, affectionate and even endeared itself to Carver’s golden retriever. “He didn’t hold the normal characteristics of a deer. It was something else and I can’t explain it,” said Carver, a wildlife photographer who has been close to hundreds of deer. But now something else is making Carrot stand out from the herd: a bright green crossbow bolt through the back of its head. Last week, when Carrot came to their property...