Found in at least 35 states with a population of more than 5 million, feral swine cause approximately $1.5 billion in damages and control costs in the U.S. each year, with at least $800 million of this estimate due to direct damage to agriculture. USDA APHIS photo Tyler Campbell.
September 8, 2019
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Feral hogs encroaching on Montana-Canada border
Looming among our neighbors to the north is an invasive species Montana experts say would cause extensive environmental degradation to the Big Sky state, should they ever successfully saunter across the border.