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Feral, by definition, is a domestic animal that has gone wild.
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LOL, that is clear as mud. What are the characteristics that define being "wild"? Is "wild" determined by lack of confinement, behavior, biological changes, or what?
Are free range chickens feral?
I like Michigan's definition. It handles things quite well for their purposes. Any pig free-ranging out of its enclosure "feral" and hence can be treated as such. So the escaped sow was no longer in her enclosure and was ranging free. Whether it happened yesterday or last year doesn't matter.