Where the Wild Pigs Are with Corey Kramer. Animal Health Insights, Ep. 17. July 21, 2022

Wild pigs are known to wreak environmental havoc across all types of landscapes, and they can be difficult to find, let alone to manage once they’re established in an area. Information about the habitats that Canadian wild pigs utilize can help inform decisions about how best to manage wild pig populations, and perhaps may also be useful to decrease crop damage or livestock interactions at the wildlife-agricultural interface.

Mr. Corey Kramer, previously a Masters student from the University of Saskatchewan, and currently a Biology PhD student at San Diego State University, investigated the habitat use and movements of invasive wild pigs in Canada, and he shares the results from this research with us on Animal Health Insights. 

Links of Interest:

• Understanding resource selection, resource use, and landscape connectivity for invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in the prairies; implications for management. Corey Kramer, April 2021. 
• Mr. Corey Kramer, Dr. Melanie R. Boudreau, Dr. Ryan S Miller, Mr. Ryan Powers, Dr. Kurt VerCauteren, and Dr. Ryan K. Brook. Summer habitat use and movements of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in Canadian agro-ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0116 (March 2022)
• Reporting Invasive Wild Pigs in B.C.
• Wild Boar in Alberta
  • Reporting Wild Boar in Alberta
• SCIC Feral Wild Boar Control Program  (Saskatchewan)
• Squeal on Wild Pigs, Manitoba
• Reporting Invasive Wild Pigs in Ontario
  • Wild pig iNaturalist page for Ontario
• Wild pigs/wild boar in Quebec
  • Report feral pigs/wild boar in Quebec
• Reporting details for other provinces/territories from the CWHC
• iNaturalist app (wild pig sightings can be added into this app)
• Canadian Wild Pig Research Project