B.C. hunters given the okay to shoot feral pigs anywhere

[bone]

bacon bacon bacon

VANCOUVER SUN MARCH 20, 2014

It is now legal for licensed hunters to harvest feral pigs anywhere in B.C.In a news release issued this morning, the B.C. ministry of forests and lands says feral pigs are invasive animals that have escaped farms andestablished themselves in the wild.While there aren’t that many, the release notes, they can cause damage to local ecosystems by competingwith local wildlife for forage, damaging crops and eating the eggs of ground nesting birds.The ministry also warns that feral pigs can be the source of infectious diseases and parasites that can be harmful towildlife, livestock and human health.The escaped swine have been reported in the Lower Mainland, Kamloops, Okanagan, Peace and Kootenay Regions, the release added, warning that “once established feral pigs are extremely hard to eradicate.”Feral pigs have been designated a Schedule C invasive species. Also added to the Schedule C list today are European wall lizards and non-native turtles, removing the requirement to obtain a permit before trapping or killing these invasive species.

http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=9640698

[Philcott]

Guess they're trying to nip the infestation in the bud. I'd pop one or two given the chance.

[MichelD]

Never seen one though I'd love to try eating a feral porker.

My daughter just butchered a wild boar on her porch, but she lives in Berlin. The hunters are allowed to sell their game there so she bought a freshly killed young one a couple weeks ago.

[Tenacious Billy]

Anyone know what areas these things can actually be found in?...

[boxhitch]

Turkeys are invasive too , but I don't see them on the list.

[Andy83]

I heard there were a bunch around Christina Lake a few years ago.

[luckofthedraw]

Thats pretty cool. I've never seen one myself.

[HarryToolips]

Anyone know what areas these things can actually be found in?...

Ya I'd love to know, I'd love to make my own bacon...

[Elkhound]

I know i would take as many as I could....but never seen one

[r106]

I would love to get a couple. Any one know where they have been seen in Lower mainland, Kamloops or Okanagan?

Could make for a good reason to make the 8 hour round trip to Kamloops in the winter and combine it with a predator hunt