For years, some researchers have been sounding the alarm, about the spread of wild boars—called ‘super pigs” for reasons that will become clear—on Canada’s prairies. A few years ago, the situation was bad. Now it’s critical. The pigs are multiplying and becoming harder to hunt or capture. They’ve now been seen in British Columbia and Ontario. And the US media is now reporting on the threat of Canadian super pigs. So yeah, not good.
How did we end up here? How did the pigs become “super” in the first place, and what have we done about them so far? What could we do, and would it work? And what’s the worst-case scenario here if we don’t get their spread under control?
GUEST: Dr. Ryan Brook, professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan
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