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Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by stametseater »

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #154
stametseater wrote: post #139

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Obviously food irradiation is done at specialized processing facilities where hunters would send their kills, not at home. Here's a clue for you: it's already the case that most hunters don't process their own meat. > That's plainly nuts. You're the one who said it, so right back at you buddy. Stop pulling absurdities out of your ass and attributing them to other people to have something to disagree with.

> specialized processing facilities where hunters would send their kills Have you ever met a hunter? They do not send their kills to "specialized processing facilities" they send their kills to their buddy Jim who butchers it in his shed. Maybe they know a commerical butcher that will do it for them, and even then it's the butcher down the road. Specialized processing facilities, that's hilarious.

More than you I think.

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by cryptonector »

swalling wrote: post #158
cryptonector wrote: post #157

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That shows how little you know about this. In Texas you can hunt feral hogs all day every day of the year and you don't even need a license. That's how much of a pest they are. There are more than enough feral hogs in Texas to last a lifetime of hunting and then some. No one releases hogs into the wild in Texas so there's more to hunt.

From the USDA source I cited: “While recreational hunting for feral swine is popular in many states, it is generally not considered an effective management option. Significant population reductions typically do not occur and feral swine behaviors or movements may be altered such that they impede other removal operations (e.g., trapping). Hunters usually target large males instead of females, which has little impact o…

In Texas there's enough food for the feral hogs. That's why they're here. The amount of trapping and hunting cannot make much of a dent in their populations, and there's no need to bait them -- affected farmers and ranchers know that they are affected. Hunters do not hunt males to the exclusion of females because there's no time to decide their sex and which to target, you just shoot the ones you can.

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by Tagbert »

taeric wrote: post #128
linuxftw wrote: post #123

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The USDA inspects for parasites and rejects any animals that have signs of them. Very little US farmed pork has parasites.

I think this is also the case for salmon? First time I had wild salmon at home, I was... rather surprised by the number of parasites on it. It really is impressive how well farmed meat does at keeping that out. I don't think many of us have any sort of intuition for just how parasite ridden food was even a half century ago.

That is why all commercial sales of wild salmon are frozen to kill the parasites. If you catch it yourself you need to either freeze it thoroughly or be very careful.

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by samstave »

is_true wrote: post #160
samstave wrote: post #104

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I've had Wild Boar in Borneo with the tribe that was many years ago the "head hunter" and "poison blow dart" tribes we know of from yore... Super fatty, greasy and gamey. Washed down with the alcohol they drink in thee Borneo Jungles, which is a certain leaf fermented in human spit. An experience, yes. Not one I'd seek out again, but a great memory.

That sounds awesome. Wild boars here don't have almost any fat, neither does deer.

I think "greasy" is a better word for it..

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by hollerith »

tmoertel wrote: post #88
ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #72

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How much chilli powder does it take to kill parasites?

Does cooking not kill the parasites?

There are also toxins to worry about. Many toxins bioaccumulate.

Wild animals spend most of their waking hours looking for and chewing food (and humans labored under the same constraint till they invented cooking); even when they can tell there is something wrong with some food, they usually cannot afford to reject it.

Toxins are present in a lot of farmed 100%-grass-fed meat, too. I stick mostly with 100%-grass-fed lamb raised in New Zealand or Australia and won't eat grass-fed buffalo anymore even if it were free.

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by throwawayacc5 »

anigbrowl wrote: post #119
favaq wrote: post #101

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Fuck off, nazi. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tnd-kill-behead-roundhouse

I did not know the source of this meme (insanely racist), but I still find it funny.

Kill JavaScript. Behead JavaScript. Roundhouse kick JavaScript into the concrete. Slam dunk a JavaScript baby (Node.js) into the trashcan. etc.

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by micromacrofoot »

cryptonector wrote: post #112
micromacrofoot wrote: post #47

pigs are arguably smarter than dogs and as many can attest, these pigs will avoid traps and hunters rather adeptly - this is a situation where we need to repopulate wolves - hobby hunting will never outpace their population growth, we need full-time allies

Wolves won't hunt 300lb hogs.

Desperate wolves have successfully hunted moose.

I suspect at worst they'd adapt a strategy to distract the hogs and eat the piglets. 24/7 hog harassers would be much more effective than sporadic hobby hunters. The stress of a constant wolf presence could also disrupt uninterrupted eating and breeding patterns.

Re: Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada

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Post by clbrmbr »

taeric wrote: post #128
linuxftw wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The USDA inspects for parasites and rejects any animals that have signs of them. Very little US farmed pork has parasites.

I think this is also the case for salmon? First time I had wild salmon at home, I was... rather surprised by the number of parasites on it. It really is impressive how well farmed meat does at keeping that out. I don't think many of us have any sort of intuition for just how parasite ridden food was even a half century ago.

I’ll think twice before my next sashimi!
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