The feral pig arrived in Australia with the first European settlers in the late 18th century. One is Australia’s largest apex predator that came close to extinction in the early 1970s.

The feral pig arrived in Australia with the first European settlers in the late 18th century. One is Australia’s largest apex predator that came close to extinction in the early 1970s.

The actual number of feral pigs in Australia is unknown, but the 2020 National Feral Pig Management report said there could be as many as 23.5 million in the wild.

An invasive species of feral pig could be helping to save Australia's native crocodiles. The saltwater crocodile has called Australia home for millions of years, but came close to extinction in ...

In Australia, feral pigs occupy about 40% of the mainland and offshore islands, with a total, yet highly uncertain, population estimated at around 13.5 million.

Across the vast Australian continent, feral pigs, feral deer and European rabbits roam in their millions. By different names—wild boar, venison, and lapin—these could all be served in a ...

Katter’s Australia Party leader Robbie Katter said culling feral pigs should be done strategically and that everyone, from professional and amateur pig hunters to farmers, councils, governments ...

An Australian schoolgirl has found fame after CCTV footage in her Queensland home recorded her heroic efforts to save her pet guinea pig, MaxiBon, from the jaws of a wild snake — by grabbing the ...

— Giant Australian Feral Cats (@TheWildReviled) February 12, 2023 Easton told RNZ he suspects the pigs are being seen so much more due to a section of pine trees having been cut down on the ...

The feral pig arrived in Australia with the first European settlers in the late 18th century. One is Australia’s largest apex predator that came close to extinction in the early 1970s.