Those opposed to wild boar call them pests that cause thousands of dollars of damage to crops and hay bales each year.  |  File photo

Alberta county calls for wild boar eradication

Wild boars, raised as livestock but destructive when they escape, are pests that should be eliminated from Alberta, say officials in Red Deer County. Art Preachuk, agricultural fieldman with the county, said the animals should be banned before they become an agricultural plague. “We are taking this too nonchalantly,” said Preachuk, whose anti-wild boar resolution […] Read more