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Should we intervene in established ecosystems? These are natural systems and why not have a live and let live attitude to animals.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most of those pigs are, by western standards, inedible. With the exception of the very young adults (and the piglets), their meat is tough and has a very objectionable gamer/musty/garbage-y flavor. Texas is contending with a similar problem, and if Texans can’t find a way to eat them, you know that meat is worthless.
But isn't that true of most any game meat? I've heard that bear meat can be tough and grisly, but I was told it depends on how you butcher it.
In Texas we trap them, blow them up, shoot them from helicopters, and shoot them from quads while chasing them at 50mph. They're too smart to shoot them from a standing position. I've seen packs of 15-20 running along together while riding my motorcycle along county roads in the middle of nowhere, San Saba County. But they normally stay out of sight; they're super smart. Good luck.
Can you elaborate? I'm only aware of the traditional helicopters.
Maybe we shouldn't be breeding animals to eat - but that's just me.
selling wild game appears to be illegal in Canada like it is in the US. Ostensibly the reason is because of risk of illness but it's likely also due to lobbying by farmers. I think there's a solution staring at us in the face here
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/pork/pigs-dont-fly-fera...
selling wild game appears to be illegal in Canada like it is in the US. Ostensibly the reason is because of risk of illness but it's likely also due to lobbying by farmers. I think there's a solution staring at us in the face here
Most of those pigs are, by western standards, inedible. With the exception of the very young adults (and the piglets), their meat is tough and has a very objectionable gamer/musty/garbage-y flavor. Texas is contending with a similar problem, and if Texans can’t find a way to eat them, you know that meat is worthless.
Uncastrated males do, certainly -- the same is true of domestic hogs. Females don't.
In Texas we trap them, blow them up, shoot them from helicopters, and shoot them from quads while chasing them at 50mph. They're too smart to shoot them from a standing position. I've seen packs of 15-20 running along together while riding my motorcycle along county roads in the middle of nowhere, San Saba County. But they normally stay out of sight; they're super smart. Good luck.
"shoot them from quads" Can you elaborate? I'm only aware of the traditional helicopters.
In Texas we trap them, blow them up, shoot them from helicopters, and shoot them from quads while chasing them at 50mph. They're too smart to shoot them from a standing position. I've seen packs of 15-20 running along together while riding my motorcycle along county roads in the middle of nowhere, San Saba County. But they normally stay out of sight; they're super smart. Good luck.
> [The] reality is still that outside of the Prairie Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, there are no meaningful opportunities to hunt wild pigs, which is not allowed in Ontario and Quebec In the southern United States it’s open season on wild pigs to keep the population under control. In at least Texas, you can take a machine gun mounted to a helicopter to go hog hunting: https://www.helibacon.com/texa…
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-has-a-feral-hog-...