] OT: Feral pigs (was:Oregon Compiles Most Unwanted Species List

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Western Oregon could also see a rise in feral swine populations in the next few

years. The mix of wild boar and escaped pig is already established in

southwestern Oregon and easily could spread north,

Hilburn said.

 

Surely there are plenty of semi-feral hunters around to look after that

particular problem, at least?

If Oregon lacks them, neighboring Idaho and Wyoming have plenty.

Speaking as a consumer, I would love to see

" wild-grown pork " in the grocery store rather than

the stuff there is now. I won't buy it not because it isn't

kosher but because it is grown in ways that are cruel to

beast, man, and land.

 

Read Annie Proulx' excellent novel " That Ol' Ace in the

hole " for what it does to people and land.

 

Ien in the Kootenays, she of the sharpened ax

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