Ohio Invasive Species Public Service Announcement Feral Swine
The Feral Swine can cause significant damage directly to agricultural crops and property, as well as natural resources each year.
Damaged Crops
The total damage that the feral pig caused in 2000 cost the United states over 800 million dollars in damage.
The feral swine is a mobile disease reservoir, and can carry at least 30 important viral and bacterial diseases, and a minimum of 37 parasites that can effect people, pets, and livestock, and also wildlife.
The Feral Swine in the wild
The swine can cause erosion which causes poor qualtity soil, and is often damaged so badly that it can only be colonized by invasive plant species.
The feral swine will consume invertebrates, small vertebrates, even the young of larger animals such as white tailed deer and livestock.
TRAPING CAN HELP SCIENTISTS RESEARCH THE SWINE FOR DESEASES.
More Pictures of the Feral Swine
Hunting can help control the population of the Feral Swine.
A hunted Feral Swine
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Other kinds of the Feral Swine
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