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https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

in addition pigs can survive on their own and in the colonial era they were often left on islands when ships landed and when another ship landed the local ecosystems would be decimated by the pigs as they would outcompete local species.

feral pigs exist and cause fair amount of damage in the us

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Feral pigs have also caused huge issues in Australia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Yes but with what's happening in America right now there will be a lot less tourism.