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New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation is working to contain a pack of feral pigs before they reach Adirondack State Park, the largest area of wilderness in the Northeastern United States. The New York Times reports that the feral pigs are a problem in 35 states, though it seems their presence in the small town of Peru, New York, near Plattsburgh, is a recent phenomenon. “Perhaps most worrisome is their reputation as eating machines,” notes the Times. “The pigs devour ground-nesting birds and reptiles, fawns and domestic livestock, native vegetation and crops.” The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has a useful fact sheet about feral pigs and the threats they pose.
