Modern Farmer has an in-depth look at the "pig bomb," a population explosion of wild boars that is devastating crops, destroying natural terrain, and spreading disease around the world. The animals cause $1 billion in damage every year in the US alone. The exact causes of the pig bomb are uncertain and vary by country, but the population in the US has been increasing ever since European wild boars were imported sometime around the nineteenth century.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/culture/2013/4/25/4265954/wild-boars-will-inherit-the-earth-pig-bomb
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