The Wild Boar
Shay Webb Core 3
Sus scrofa
The wild boar predominantly lives in Eurasia, North Africa and the Greater Sunda Islands.The Boar came to the Americas in the 1500's with the Spanish. Today the wild boar is invading over half of the US.
How Does A Boar Look? Will it outlive me?
Wild Boars weight can range from 50- 200 kg. Their color is predominantly pale grey, brown or black. Their canine teeth are enlarged though larger in male species.
The length from their head to their body is 90- 180 cm; their tail is 30 - 40 cm
Food Web
As shown in this food web, the wild boar feeds on grass and is prey to the Siberian Tiger.
Graph and Human's Impact
This graph shows the growth in US hog operations in the US from 1998 and is continually increasing. As we get more into the present day, we as humans are doing more with pigs such as trying different ways to operate on people. (Ex. heart transplants ,food) Today's technology is causing less needs for boars in small farms but more in mega- factories.
Invasive
Wild boars have become the most destructive invasive species in the US where 2-6 million are wreaking havoc in 39 of 50 states and 4 Canadian provinces. The most prominent area is in Texas where half of their population is. They're known to roam and take farmer's land, lands for recreational centers and even national parks. By taking out all this land they're eliminating other species and wildlife. As the years continue their carrying capacity is growing
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-plague-of-pigs-in-texas-73769069/#pDI7TdIMvTfSYt8w.99
Humans We NEED Your Help or Else Beware the Future Prognosis
Wild Boar are taking our territory. We need to show them whose boss. In Texas, they have access to kill unlimited numbers of boars. If we eliminated more boars we could use their parts such as fur and organs for our needs. If we don't do something about them now, they possibly could take up to at least 75% of our living space which would cause a struggle on our end living