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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1263557" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>That's all true, I was just making the point that "Feral" just means it's a domesticated animal returned to the wild which succeeds.</p><p></p><p>In our area there was a big semi loaded with hogs that overturned in Throckmorton county in the 70's and some of them survived and thrived. At least one of the big ranches in the area had also imported and released "Russian Boar" in the late 1880's for the purpose of hunting them and in that era there were no high fences much less hog proof fences (pretty much an oxymoron) but for whatever reason they didn't fare as well as the others.</p><p></p><p>Seeing a wild hog in this area prior to the truck overturning was just something that didn't happen.</p><p></p><p>There is some evidence that some of the Russians had survived and have interbred with the domestic/feral hogs that escaped.</p><p></p><p>Feral pigs in the Americas though go back as far as the first Spanish settlements in the 15th and 16th centuries but we never saw the kind of numbers or the distribution we have today.</p><p></p><p>When the hog market bottoms out there's always a few farmers that just give up and turn whatever they have left loose so there's always an influx of new blood that seems to be all that is needed.</p><p></p><p>Or, we can just blame it on "Global Warming".<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1263557, member: 30902"] That's all true, I was just making the point that "Feral" just means it's a domesticated animal returned to the wild which succeeds. In our area there was a big semi loaded with hogs that overturned in Throckmorton county in the 70's and some of them survived and thrived. At least one of the big ranches in the area had also imported and released "Russian Boar" in the late 1880's for the purpose of hunting them and in that era there were no high fences much less hog proof fences (pretty much an oxymoron) but for whatever reason they didn't fare as well as the others. Seeing a wild hog in this area prior to the truck overturning was just something that didn't happen. There is some evidence that some of the Russians had survived and have interbred with the domestic/feral hogs that escaped. Feral pigs in the Americas though go back as far as the first Spanish settlements in the 15th and 16th centuries but we never saw the kind of numbers or the distribution we have today. When the hog market bottoms out there's always a few farmers that just give up and turn whatever they have left loose so there's always an influx of new blood that seems to be all that is needed. Or, we can just blame it on "Global Warming".:) [/QUOTE]
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