Wild Boars Invading New York
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 1st, 2011 4:46 am by HL
Wild Boars Invading New York
Wild boar are invading the farms of central New York state, attacking livestock, killing family pets, chasing people and posing “devastating consequences,” officials warn. The feral swine are a non-native species suspected of escaping from game farms, and as many as a couple of hundred are roaming the state, said Paul Curtis, a natural resources professor at Cornell University. A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the swine were successfully breeding in the three counties and producing litters averaging 4 to 6 piglets.