introduction Good AT Being Bad ike all good invaders feral hogs came prepared to do damage They can live almost anywhere They can eat almost anything They spread diseases They harm almost everything they touch They are almost perfect at what they do 4
Chapter 1 Pig on a Sh Feral hogs are invasive animals They are not native to the United States They eat foods that native animals need They live in habitats where native animals live They harm crops and farmland They spread diseases to animals and humans How did they get here We invited them PIG BY ANY OTHER NAME PIG BY ANY OTHER NAME Feral hogs have many names People call them wild boars or wild hogs They call them razorbacks Some call them Old World swine They are called piney woods rooters They are called Russian wild boars and Eurasian wild boars 6
There were no pigs in America before the 1500s Explorers like Christopher Columbus and Hernando de Soto brought them to the US They brought farm pigs from Spain Settlers used the pigs for food But they did not put them in pens The pigs ran away Christopher Columbus Hernando de Soto 7
