Factors and costs associated with removal of a newly established population of invasive wild pigs in Northern U.S.

ABSTRACT: The human-mediated spread of exotic and invasive species often leads to unintentional and harmful consequences. Invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one such species that have been repeatedly translocated throughout the United States and cause extensive damage to natural ecosystems, threatened and endangered species, agricultural resources, and private lands. In 2005, a newly established population of wild pigs was confirmed in Fulton County, Illinois, U.S. In 2011, a state-wide wild pig damage management program involving federal, state, and local government authorities directed a concerted effort to remove wild pigs from the county until the last wild pig (of 376 total) was successfully removed in 2016. We examined surveillance data from camera traps at bait sites and records of wild pig

SUBMITTER: Fischer JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature