When wildlife trapper Dan Burton opened several wild pigs in southern Monterey County this March, he confronted a jarring sight that would trigger statewide health warnings. The meat and fat glowed an ...

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) -- State Senator Bill Dodd wants to make it easier for people to hunt pesky wild pigs. He pointed to destruction, potential dangers and public health risks as reasons behind his ...

When the market collapsed, the "super pigs" escaped and began to spread rapidly across the country. The pigs may be invading the US, where feral pigs already pose environmental problems in the South.

Although all domestic pigs in ASF outbreak areas have been culled and no active outbreaks remain, the risk persists and is ...

A cross-bred "super pig" from Canada is poised to wreak havoc on the environment in the United States and must be dealt with aggressively and immediately, a wildlife expert told Fox News Digital.

There’s a potential threat to wildlife and plant security roaming the woods — a tusked, furry and to some eyes cuddly one. Orange County Animal Services is seeking the public’s help in finding the ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking ...

“While most wild boars are naturally aggressive, some are more friendly and less afraid of people, which are the ones that may live alongside humans,” Jiajing Wang, a study co-author and ...

America’s pig problem is primarily one of overabundance. The estimated 6 million hogs running wild in 35 U.S. states are prodigious breeders with few natural predators and an ability to adapt to a ...

As wild pig populations explode, mitigation efforts in the United States and Canada are coordinating to find the best methods to curb the feral swine. According to the Animal and Plant Health ...

My first experience with wild hogs dates back to a media hunt in Texas a few years ago. Michael Hunter, a renowned wild game chef, returned to camp with a good-sized boar that didn’t quite break the ...