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Wild boar in the western Czech Republic’s Lany game park. Wild boar in the country’s Sumava mountain region, further southwest, are turning up radioactive. (Lslany.cz)

Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 22, 2017

Prague | Reuters –– The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy. The boars are radioactive. Actually, it’s not the boars themselves, but what they’re eating. A cold and snowy winter is forcing them to feed on false truffles, an underground mushroom common in the Sumava […] Read more

The feral boar issue is a tough problem for many parts of the Prairies, but it’s not unsolvable.

Columns

Only an optimist would take this on

Not everyone would have the nerve to start tackling our tough-to-solve wild boar problem

By Lisa Guenther February 12, 2016

I aspire to be a relentless optimist. I don’t mean that in a Pollyannaish sort of way. I like energetic optimists who get stuff done, such as Teddy Roosevelt and his national parks. I admire optimists with enough grit to figure out a way to climb over or under or around big obstacles. It’s very […] Read more

This nightime photo of a wild boar at large was captured by Michael Hicks’ game camera.

Features, Livestock

Saskatchewan’s elite hunting team

Meet the Saskatchewan hunters from Saskatchewan Crop Insurance's wild boar education plan

By Lisa Guenther February 12, 2016

It’s a crew that comes from all walks of life — farmers, government employees, and semi-retired men. They come from all over the province. And once they get the call, they have 24 to 48 hours to assemble. Then they attempt to eradicate very intelligent, potentially dangerous animals that are invading farmland. While it may […] Read more

Michael Hicks first realized he had wild boar on his pasture after setting up a game camera over Thanksgiving. After Hicks shot two of the pigs, the rest scattered. But one pig keeps returning. Hicks thinks it lost its mate after the scramble, and is hoping to reunite. Note the long hair.

Features

Wild boar cause trouble on farms

There are many feral wild boar across the Prairies, but few of us will ever actually see them

By Lisa Guenther February 4, 2016

Michael Hicks likes to talk about wildlife. The Glaslyn-area farmer still chuckles about the time he watched a black bear stand as high as it could on its hind legs, longing for out-of-reach oats in a grain truck. But just after Thanksgiving, Hicks’ game camera recorded something new in his pasture near Thunderchild Reserve, in northwestern […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Wild boar must be PigTrace-compatible by July 1

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 10, 2015

Canada’s farmed wild boar industry has almost four months left to get ready for the same mandatory identification, record-keeping and movement reporting rules as the mainline hog industry. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday put out a reminder to all pork producers that they and other “pig custodians,” such as breeders, auction markets and […] Read more

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GFM Network News

August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan

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Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive

Only an optimist would take this on

Saskatchewan’s elite hunting team

Wild boar cause trouble on farms

Wild boar must be PigTrace-compatible by July 1

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