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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 26, 2019, 08:48 AM May 2019

Feral swine amass at Montana's northern border [View all]

It sounds like a bad horror movie. Canadian wild pigs are amassing at Montana’s northern border. It’s only a matter of time before they wander south and begin their destructive assault on everything from wildlife to agricultural fields and even archaeological sites.

“Oh, absolutely it’s a concern,” said Stephanie Hester, Invasive Species Outreach coordinator for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

Photos taken as recently as last year showed feral hogs only five miles north of the U.S. border, she said.

“So they are getting very, very close and we are very concerned,” Hester said.

Read more: https://billingsgazette.com/outdoors/feral-swine-amass-at-montana-s-northern-border/article_f8122af8-16d2-55b2-bc41-710212a4343d.html

Where is that wall when you need it?

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