Police are unsure if a crime has been committed because the animals were livestock: "If it was a pit bull [dog] … then we would know the answer right away." ...

Pigs may be going wild in the Shuswap. The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society is warning community members to keep their eyes peeled for domestic pigs that may have escaped captivity during ...

In the past, wild boars have been purposely crossbred with pink domestic pigs to make a bigger and longer animal with an enhanced reproductive rate. Wild boars can weigh up to 300 pounds and have ...

Eventually, wild boars began to mate with domesticated pigs, creating a hybrid known as the “superpig.” This new breed reproduces quickly and is well-adapted to the wild. Dr. Ryan Brook ...

Domestic and wild pigs may serve as intermediate hosts, potentially ingesting infective oocysts or sporocysts shed by canids. Food inspectors deem meat from pigs with visible sarcocystosis unfit ...

The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...