Canadian ‘super pigs’ threaten to invade and overwhelm US

By Lily Larsen

Published November 23, 2023 12:09am ET

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Canadian ‘super pigs’ threaten to invade and overwhelm US — FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, feral pigs roam near a Mertzon, Texas ranch. Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop a threatened invasion from Canada. Wild pigs already cause around $2.5 billion in damage to U.S. crops every year, mostly in southern states like Texas. But the exploding population of feral swine on the prairies of western Canada is threatening to spill south. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

“Super pigs,” hybrids between European wild boars and domestic pigs, are headed south into the United States from Canada.

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