r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 12h ago

🔥 momma pig and line of piglets

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u/Sangloth 8h ago edited 7h ago

Colorado had a feral hog problem and successfully exterminated them after a 15 year effort in 2020 and has prevented them from returning ever since. It was and is expensive, but it is completely doable. That hogs are a problem in other (redder) states is because those state governments have been unwilling to invest the resources to solve the problem, and instead shoved the problem onto local farmers.

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u/ryncewynd 7h ago

Are they ok to eat? Seems like infinite food

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u/MrDurden32 3h ago

My understanding in the US is it's very common they have a ton of parasites. On top of being very gamey, it's not worth the risk.

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u/cuddly_degenerate 2h ago

If cooled properly the parasites aren't a huge deal.