3. “Today there's an estimated four million wild pigs
spread across 39 states, with large populations in
California, Texas, and the Southeast, according to
the study.” (Dell'Amore, Christine. "Wild Pig
Explosion May Spread Disease to Humans."
National Geographic. National Geographic Society,
02 May 2011. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.)
Wild boars over run
places they leave
behind evidence of
rutting and scavenging
through fields, to find
food.
Chloe
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4. “Wild or feral pigs were implicated Wild boars roam the
in at least one E. coli incident in a country, and with them
vegetable field in the Salinas Valley. they bring disease. This is
Some have called wild pigs a minor important for us to know
contributor to the E. coli threat, s o that we can be
pointing to domestic animals as careful when we hunt and
larger sources for E. coli in kill them. Eating is
California’s food crop.” ("California another way of spreading
Wild Pig Population Far Larger than their diseases.
Imagined." Western Farm Press. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012.)
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5. “In the early 1700's Spanish and
Russian settlers introduced
The wild boar started out
domestic pigs to California as
a farm pig then were
livestock and many became feral.
released into the wild,
In the 1920's a Monterey county
which caused them to
landowner introduced the
adapted and survive.
European wild boar, a wild
subspecies of Sus scrofa into
California, which bred with the
domestic pigs. The result of these
introductions is a wild boar/feral
domestic pig hybrid.”
("California Wild Pig Population Far
Larger than Imagined." Western
Farm Press. N.p., n.d. Web. 03
Dec. 2012.)
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6. “Then in 1923, a Carmel Valley rancher
imported two dozen Eurasian wild boar
from a private reserve in North Carolina, to
be used as game animals. These were
fierce, shaggy boars with a bad attitude -- Boars have personalities
just the kind of game hunters like to stalk. just like people do and can
Some of the boars escaped and migrated be taught to be very
into the coastal ridges, but it was hunters ferocious and mean.
themselves who spread the hybridized hogs
throughout the state.” ("Rooting for Feral
Pigs." Feral Pigs. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec.
2012.)
Alyssa
Wednesday, December 12, 12
7. “Wild boars are native
to most of Europe and
to northern Africa and Wild boars are
southern Asia”("Facts native to most of
about Boars." Facts Europe and Africa.
about BOARS ***. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2012.)
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8. .“There are 13 species of wild
boars”("Facts about Boars." Facts about
BOARS ***. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2012.)
I didn’t know there were 13 different types of
wild boar.
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9. “Feral hogs, also called wild pigs, range across 56 of
58 counties in California. Wild pigs are omnivorous.
They will eat most types of vegetation and carrion.
Their natural method of eating, called rooting, is very
damaging to crops, making wild pigs a problem to
farmers and ranchers. Feral hogs may be trapped and
removed under the state's depredation permit system.”
(Coop, Terri Lynn. "California State Laws on Trapping
and Transporting Wild Feral Hogs." EHow. Demand
Media, 18 Jan. 2011. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.)
Wild boars can be found all
over the United States and
in those areas they are
quite abundant.
Spencer
Wednesday, December 12, 12
10. "There's always the potential for
attacks on people... They have four- Boars can attack people
inch tusks that are very sharp and and are a threat to
they can be aggressive, particularly lives. People don’t
the adult males, and charge a pet actually realize how
or a person if they feel trapped. dangerous they are.
They can slash with those tusks and
create pretty deep gashes and
wounds." Sanchez, Ray. "Wild Boars
Invade New York State; Kill Pets,
Chase People." Reuters. Thomson
Reuters, 29 July 2011. Web. 03 Dec.
2012.
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11. “For years, Northern California and
the Bay Area have proudly flown
the flag of epicurean hedonism, Boars do tear up crops
leading the nation in wine and are a huge nuisance
production and nouveau cuisine. to crop owners.
Even in this merlot-soaked, fresh-
organic-ingredients milieu, where
great chefs are treated like
celebrities, it is seldom noted that
the region boasts another little-
known gastronomic piece de
resistance—the feral pig.” ("Hunting
Wild Boar." Hunting Wild Boar.
N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.)
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12. Conclusion
• In the end Wild Boars are both a threat and apart of
the natural world. They can be a nuisance but we
can’t totally get rid of them ever. Wild Boars are
animals too, even if they tear up our crops, kill our
livestock, spread, disease and even kill us sometimes.
They are all over the world too, not just in California.
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13. Reflection
• We learned so much about theses animals and why they travel and
rut up fields. There is more then meets the eye on theses amazing
creatures. (Chloe)
• I had no idea how many wild boars there were around us. I learned
so much about the animal and now I can look for clues of them
around. (Spencer)
• Wild Boars are interesting creatures I enjoyed learning about how
they eat and roam the land. I never knew that they caused so
much damage. (Alyssa)
Wednesday, December 12, 12
14. Work cited
• (Dell'Amore, Christine. "Wild Pig Explosion May Spread Disease to
Humans." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 02 May
2011. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.)
• ("Rooting for Feral Pigs." Feral Pigs. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.)
• (Coop, Terri Lynn. "California State Laws on Trapping and
Transporting Wild Feral Hogs." EHow. Demand Media, 18 Jan. 2011.
Web. 07 Dec. 2012.)
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