Feral Swine

Introduced

• Eurasion Wild Pigs were introduced to the Mid West for hunting purposes.
• Other wild pigs got here because they escaped their enclosures

Predators

• American Aligator
• Turkey Vulture
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Golden Eagle
• Owls
• Feral Dog
• Coyote
• Red Wolf

Predators

• Red Fox
• Grey Fox
• Black Bear
• Small Indian Mongoose
• Bobcat
• Ocelot
• Mountain Lion or Cougar
• Feral Hog

Reproduction

• 1-14 Piglets every litter
• Gestation 112-120 days
• Every 100-140 days

Impact

• Rooting, wallowing, and trampling compacts soil
• Disrupts water infiltration
• Helps the spread of invasive plant species

Impact

• Activity of the pigs in streams reduces water quality by increasing turbity and contaminants - Which affects the native aquatic life, mostly fish
• Increased fecal concentrations

Food

• Feral Hogs will eat just about anything
• Dig up tree roots
• Destroy forests and feilds

Sources

• http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/history-wild-pigs.html
• http://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2017/02/01/invasive-wild-pigs-leave-a-swath-o...
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-plague-of-pigs-in-texas-737...
• http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/damage-environment-wild-pigs.html
• http://articles.extension.org/pages/63656/natural-predators-of-feral-hogs