Out: Asian super hornets. In: Canadian super pigs

It didn’t take long for 2023 to get weird. Canadian “super pigs” could soon invade the northern United States, if they haven’t already.

Feral hogs in the U.S. are nothing new, but these aren’t the average javelinas. The so-called Canadian “super pig” is a hybrid between a wild boar and a domesticated hog.

In the 1980s, wild boars were brought to Canada to be raised on farms, or hunted in preserves. That was until about 20 years ago, when the market for their meat dropped out. With no one to sell the meat to, some farmers released the hybrid hogs into the wild. Others escaped the high-fence game preserves to find freedom. Today, it’s estimated wild boars roam about 620,000 acres of Canadian prairie.