Wild Boars Invading New York
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:31 AM PDT
Wild boar are invading the farms of central New York state, attacking livestock, killing family pets, chasing people and posing "devastating consequences," officials warn. The feral swine are a non-native species suspected of escaping from game farms, and as many as a couple of hundred are roaming the state, said Paul Curtis, a natural resources professor at Cornell University. A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the swine were successfully breeding in the three counties and producing litters averaging 4 to 6 piglets.
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