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Old January 16, 2001, 08:47 PM   #8
BadMedicine
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The US has no truly native "wild boars" all they have are the javelina in the south west. The wild boars were imported from russia, and other parts of europe since early pioneering times. Some were imported specifically for hunting, some for farm animals. Also there are a large amount of domestic hogs that have exscaped and become wild, these are "feral hogs." After about 5-10 generations in the wild they begin to develope nasty tusks for rooting and fighting, and get hairier more muscular bodies. Then there are also varieties of these types inter-breeding, creating everything in between. All of them can have tusks, and can be very mean. And all of them do horrific damage to crops and personal property. Alot of places don't have a limit, or a season on either of these, but some places, where they are rarer, they are treated like game animals.

I think the true wild boars (russian boars), that can attain a weight of 500lbs, and their mix-breed cousins, are fairly isolated to the south east region of the US. (I'm probably wrong though)
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