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Feral Swine
Medelin Marquez, Mario Bonilla & Maddie Loehr
2.
Introduced
Eurasion Wild Pigs were introduced to the Mid West for hunting purposes.
Other wild pigs got here because they escaped their enclosures
3.
Predators
American Aligator
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Owls
Feral Dog
Coyote
Red Wolf
4.
Predators
Red Fox
Grey Fox
Black Bear
Small Indian Mongoose
Bobcat
Ocelot
Mountain Lion or Cougar
Feral Hog
5.
Reproduction
1-14 Piglets every litter
Gestation 112-120 days
Every 100-140 days
6.
Impact
Rooting, wallowing, and trampling compacts soil
Disrupts water infiltration
Helps the spread of invasive plant species
7.
Impact
Activity of the pigs in streams reduces water quality by increasing turbity and contaminants - Which affects the native aquatic life, mostly fish
Increased fecal concentrations
8.
Food
Feral Hogs will eat just about anything
Dig up tree roots
Destroy forests and feilds
9.
Sources
http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/history-wild-pigs.html
http://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2017/02/01/invasive-wild-pigs-leave-a-swath-o...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-plague-of-pigs-in-texas-737...
http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/damage-environment-wild-pigs.html
http://articles.extension.org/pages/63656/natural-predators-of-feral-hogs
Madelyn Loehr
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