Latest Newsletter

Tag Archives wild boar

File photo of a wild boar crossing a road in Sweden. (Ockra/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Swine fever detected in Sweden for first time

Recent outbreak in Balkans spurred culls

By
Stockholm | Reuters — A dead wild boar in Sweden has tested positive for African swine fever, Sweden’s Veterinary Institute said on Wednesday, the first such case in the country. African swine fever is harmless to humans but is highly contagious and deadly in domestic pigs and wild boars. It has spread from Africa to […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Anti-ASF funds designated for Manitoba Pork

Three initiatives will be funded through the federal African swine fever preparedness program

By
The Manitoba Pork Council’s efforts against African swine fever now have almost $1 million in extra financial padding. On Aug. 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $944,340 in funding for Manitoba’s hog farm group. Funds were provided through AAFC’s African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program and were slotted for three initiatives: Squeal on Pigs, increased […] Read more
File photo of wild boars roaming in Rome foraging for food on Sept. 23, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Remo Casilli)
Livestock

Italy to hold boar cull around Rome to stem swine fever

By
Rome | Reuters — Italy will launch a cull of wild boars around Rome after African swine fever was found in one of the thousands that live in the Italian capital and the surrounding countryside, local authorities said on Monday. An isolated outbreak of the deadly hog disease was reported in northwest Italy at the […] Read more
A group of wild boars running in Europe, where the pigs have caused challenges with disease spread. (iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Saskatchewan to license, limit wild boar farming

Moratorium placed on any new farms

By
Saskatchewan is tightening its rules on wild boar farming, including a moratorium on any new farms, in a renewed bid to keep the province’s feral pig population in check. The provincial ag ministry announced the moratorium Wednesday and said it’s “developing regulations for licensing existing commercial wild boar farms.” Regulations for wild boar and feral […] Read more
A sounder of Eurasian Wild Boar was spotted multiple times on the Pickering Federal Lands in November. They were captured by Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry staff the following month.
News

Eurasian Wild Boar captured north of Pickering

Natural resources ministry believes 14 animals escaped from farms

By
A sounder of Eurasian Wild Boar spotted numerous times in the Pickering Federal Lands and surrounding territory was captured and killed in early December, following a month-long pursuit by invasive species specialists from Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry. “Our place was Operation Control Centre for (ministry staff) to finally get […] Read more
Hogs outdoors on a farm in Italy. (Coscarella Gianfranco/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Swine fever found in wild boar in Italy

By
Reuters — African swine fever, a deadly hog disease, has been found in a wild boar in Italy’s Piedmont region, the regional government said in a statement on Friday. Tests confirmed the disease in a dead boar in Ovada, located about 120 km southwest of Milan in northern Italy, the statement said. African swine fever […] Read more
Province acting quickly after multiple Eurasian wild boar sightings near Pickering.
News

Wild boar sightings prompt swift action from province

‘Whole sounder removal’ goal of natural resources ministry after multiple sightings near Pickering

By
Multiple sightings of 14 Eurasian wild boar in rural areas north of Pickering have Ontario’s northern development, natural resources and forestry ministry working quickly to trap and remove them. “A sounder of wild pigs typically consists of one or several related females and their offspring,” said Erin Koen, a research scientist in the provincial Wildlife […] Read more
Funding available for African swine fever prevention
Livestock, News

Funding available for African swine fever prevention

By
Nearly $3 million in funding for three new initiatives to enhance biosecurity and support the provincial pork sector’s African swine fever (ASF) prevention and emergency preparedness efforts is being made available under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership).  Starting Nov. 5, a new targeted intake will provide funding to Ontario pork producers, processors and other […] Read more
A group of wild boars running in Europe, where the pigs have caused challenges with disease spread. (iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Ontario moves to phase out wild boar farming

Province, feds fund swine fever defense plans

By
Hoping to improve its odds against African swine fever ever getting a toehold in Canada’s hog herds, Ontario plans to regulate Eurasian wild boar as an invasive species starting in the new year. To that end, the province is making funding available to farmers who actively breed and raise wild boar to “shift to other […] Read more
The ownership and trade of Eurasian Wild Boar will be phased out over two years in Ontario.
Livestock, News

Wild boar ban included in draft invasive species changes

Ontario ministries aim to avoid damage experienced in U.S. and Prairies

By
The possession and trade of the Eurasian Wild Boar will be phased out over two years, pending the approval of changes to Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, which are up for public comment until June 7. A draft plan and proposed new rules for pigs under the Invasive Species Act were uploaded recently to the Environmental […] Read more

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast