Can you imagine what it would be like for 9 million wild boars to roam the wilderness? Foodies estimate that all they see is bacon, ham, and roasted ribs, but Americans see all trouble, and they spend $7 billion a year and even use helicopters to conduct "human-pig wars", but why not consider eating these wild boars?
In recent years, the United States wild boar flood, more than 9 million wild boar caused serious damage to the American ecological environment, in order to deal with this group of wild boars, the United States set up a "wild boar hazard management group", traveled to 34 states in the United States, did not hesitate to use helicopters, to start the "human-pig war", but unfortunately, although they did not hesitate to eliminate wild boars, but for ten years but little effect, and the source of all this from the 15th century.
We know that pigs are not originally native animals of the United States, but pork is the main source of human meat, so a long, long time ago, the United States was always willing to go back with a few pigs. First, around the 15th century, the navigator Columbus transported 8 domestic pigs to the Caribbean Sea, and later in 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto brought 13 more domestic pigs to Florida.
These pigs taken to Florida by Hernando were eaten by him, and the rest were kept in captivity, but apparently Hernando is not a pig professional, he found in the process of breeding, the remaining pigs slipped away, Hernando did not think too much, he never imagined, it was because of this negligence at that time that caused the United States to now fly helicopters to hunt wild boars.
A few pigs that ran away from the Hernando pigsty, they bred rapidly in the wild, the number soon increased to 700, the population was large, their range of activities gradually increased, and finally even covered the southeastern America, becoming the dominant wild boar, in this process, from time to time there are domestic pigs escaping to the wild, mating with wild boars, thereby breeding more ferocious super wild boars, they can reach 2 meters in length and weigh mostly about 300 kilograms.
From the 16th century to the 20th century, because of the limited population of wild boar in the United States, the breeding rate has not attracted attention, but in recent years, these super wild boars hybridized by wild boars and domestic pigs, mushrooming like mushrooms, the number of up to 9 million, they are rampant, destroying public facilities, and seriously affecting the ecological environment, so it has attracted people's attention, the state began to establish a "wild boar hazard management group", traveling to 34 states in the United States, hunting and killing wild boars that are flooded.
Why the wild boar in the United States is rampant
Regarding the question of why wild boar in the United States has become flooded in recent years, there are mainly the following four important factors:
First, the rate of reproduction is fast. American wild boar reproductive ability is super strong, under normal circumstances, female wild boar in the growth to 6-8 months when has matured, can reproduce offspring, they can produce 2-3 litters per year, each litter 12-26, with such a rate of reproduction, American wild boar after centuries of breeding, it is time to flood, and at such a rate of reproduction we are not difficult to imagine, the number of American wild boar can not be greatly reduced in a short period of time, This is an important reason why they have had little effect on the wild boar for ten years.
Second, there are few natural enemies. As we mentioned earlier, the super wild boar hybridized by the American wild boar and the domestic pig, their body is much larger than the domestic pig, their huge size and sharp fangs, and the running speed of 50 km / h, enough to make most carnivores daunted, even African male lions will flee when they are attacked by their group, not to mention that wild boars are not native creatures of the United States, so in the American ecological chain, wild boars have few natural enemies, This is also an important reason why American wild boars can breed wildly in a short period of time to flood.
Third, wild boars are super adaptable, their distribution is also very wide, from the earliest southeastern America to the current 34 states in the United States almost all wild boars appear, and another important reason for the rapid reproduction and rapid spread of wild boars is that their adaptability is super strong. The outer skin of the American wild boar is very hard and can avoid injury during fighting. In addition, their survival ability is also very strong, even in an environment of minus 50 degrees, they can dig two meters to hide, and as omnivores, they can eat almost everything as long as they can fill their stomachs.
Fourth, high IQ. Because wild boars grow in the natural environment, although they are fierce by nature, they will inevitably encounter opponents such as lions and tigers, so they are also very sensitive to changes in the natural environment. Wild boars have a high IQ, wild boars in outdoor activities, they have a strong "anti-reconnaissance ability", if there is a little abnormal movement around, they will immediately rush out of the danger zone at the highest speed. This is also an important reason why wild boars are difficult to hunt and thus the population is difficult to decline. In addition, because they are large and very fierce, and to control a wild boar, at least three adults with physical strength are required, which also avoids a lot of danger.
What exactly is the harm of American wild boar? Why do you have to hunt them?
The proliferation of wild boars in the United States is a rare and great thing for many foodie friends, why don't people choose to eat wild boars and hunt them regardless of the cost? The reason is that there are too many wild boars, which have had a very serious impact on the local ecological environment:
First, the United States is mainly based on plains, rich in agricultural resources, and the flooding of wild boars has caused great damage to agricultural resources, local residents have said more than once that those wild boars are too hateful, they will not only destroy farmland, vegetable gardens and orchards, but even affect the livestock of farmers, more worryingly, because of the proliferation of wild boars, rural residents dare to go out at night, because they will also attack humans.
Second, these wild boars will not only gnaw crops, threaten livestock, affect human safety life, but also gnaw and destroy some public facilities, such as street lampposts, telephone poles, and even housing walls, but whenever they want to find some food, no matter what obstacles are in front of them, they can destroy them with sharp teeth, which also has a certain impact on the living environment of the locals.
Third, wild boars carry germs, which will affect human health, because they live in outdoor nature, contact with things are complex and complex, they themselves will carry a lot of germs, while super pigs can also breed new diseases that humans do not recognize. When familiar human viruses enter pigs, they may create new viruses that in turn harm humans.
In short, wild boar reproduces very quickly, and has a great impact on humans, so Americans do not hesitate to spend nearly $7 billion a year to eliminate wild boar, because wild boar tastes relatively poor, and hunting and transporting back into frozen meat will also make its nutritional value lost, so Americans will not choose to eat wild boar, if it is used for export, first, the cost is too high, and the second is too cumbersome procedures, so they can only do their best to intervene in the wild boar population. I wonder what you think about this approach?