# How best to care for a wild pig? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157 "2017-06-05T04:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/61 "2017-06-07T19:16:44Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I’m curious why he didn’t shoot the piglets. My cynical side says that he isn’t actually worried about the damage they do to the ecosystem. They are more valuable as full grown pigs. Hmmm. > > [The donkey situation](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/move-to-hawaii-adopt-a-donkey/) is supposedly done with. Cool link. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/62 "2017-06-21T05:52:07Z")
Just thought I’d share this photo of the three piglets who continue to enjoy treats in our yard, as I (so far unsuccessfully) plot to trap them and send them to the farm. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/4257/35399804546_cdcebf44b1_b.jpg "piglets like ulu bread!") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/7971087@N03/35399804546/in/dateposted-public/) In that photo they are eating ulu (breadfruit) bread. We’ve been experimenting with various treats to lure them (the idea is to find things they like to eat without breaking the bank - everything is expensive here). So far I can report that they are quite pleased with pineapple cores/peels, and okayish with apples and bruised strawberries. But today I put out some scraps from a loaf of ulu bread that was starting to get moldy. The pigs were in heaven! It was clear they thought ulu bread is the best thing ever. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/63 "2017-06-21T06:11:42Z")
Toss it into Halemaumau inside a cooking cage for about three hours, turning often. Pull it out, eat. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/64 "2017-06-21T07:41:08Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > To me, a “pig” is a domesticated animal, even a cute one under the right circumstances, with a curly-ish tail, pinkish skin, reasonable-size eyes, and little hair. The “pinkish skin” bit means that you wouldn’t recognize most domesticated pigs in Europe as being pigs. For some reason it’s the image from popular media, but Ibéricos are [black](https://www.google.es/search?q=cerdo+iberico&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNruqXt87UAhWBMBoKHUsnDcwQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=638), Duroc are [brown with black bristles](https://www.google.es/search?q=duroc+pig&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMvdiOt87UAhUL2RoKHSwWBxsQ_AUIBigB&biw=1366&bih=638), there are also [pinto](https://www.google.es/search?q=cerdo+pata+negra&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji2rW3t87UAhUD5xoKHaTpB7QQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=638#tbm=isch&q=cerdo+manchado) ones… the Landrace are [pink](https://www.google.es/search?q=duroc+pig&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMvdiOt87UAhUL2RoKHSwWBxsQ_AUIBigB&biw=1366&bih=638#tbm=isch&q=cerdo+landrace); that or similar varieties must have been the most common ones wherever the media image originated. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/65 "2017-06-21T09:09:34Z")
Kill everyone you see, Lualu follows… ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/66 "2017-06-21T11:41:09Z")
Here in south Texas, they are a menace. Their population is estimated at over two million, and the average adult feral hog weighs about twice as much as a WalMart shopper. Drivers of large pickup trucks with protective grilles (almost everyone) is encouraged to swerve over and hit them if they see them on the highway. Ranchers estimate the economic damage from these animals to be in the billions;. They are good to eat, and the season is always open. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/67 "2017-06-21T19:27:14Z")
Even though I have no sympathy for ranchers, I understand that these pigs are terribly destructive to their non-native environments (do they even have native environments?) But the thought of rednecks in penis trucks intentionally hitting them is disgusting. I’m sure a lot of them don’t die right away. Get rid of them, fine, but be humane about it. They’re living creatures. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/68 "2017-06-21T19:32:48Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Here in south Texas, they are a menace. Their population is estimated at over two million, and the average adult feral hog weighs about twice as much as a WalMart shopper. Drivers of large pickup trucks with protective grilles (almost everyone) is encouraged to swerve over and hit them if they see them on the highway. Ranchers estimate the economic damage from these animals to be in the billions;. They are good to eat, and the season is always open. Encouraged by whom? I’m sure not by the Department of Transportation or by any state or local law enforcement authority. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/69 "2017-06-21T19:40:43Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Encouraged by whom? I’m sure not by the Department of Transportation or by any state or local law enforcement authority. :dubious: Yeah, nobody is advising guys with trucks to deliberately run over feral pigs. Of course it’s true that wild pigs have become much more common in the past 20 years, they are pretty destructive and dangerous, and it’s open season on them. The more rednecks out shooting pigs for fun, the better. But intentionally running them over in your truck is not a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/70 "2017-06-21T22:56:23Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Hmm…I’d probably say make as much bacon out of it as possible. 🙂 > > ETA: Oops! I misread the thread title. :o I myself thought pit barbecue. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/71 "2017-06-22T02:56:36Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yeah, nobody is advising guys with trucks to deliberately run over feral pigs. > > Of course it’s true that wild pigs have become much more common in the past 20 years, they are pretty destructive and dangerous, and it’s open season on them. > > The more rednecks out shooting pigs for fun, the better. But intentionally running them over in your truck is not a thing. Not to mention that some of those things can weigh hundreds of pounds and will do serious damage to a truck, or car, if you hit one. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/72 "2017-06-22T13:22:22Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yeah, nobody is advising guys with trucks to deliberately run over feral pigs. > > Of course it’s true that wild pigs have become much more common in the past 20 years, they are pretty destructive and dangerous, and it’s open season on them. > > The more rednecks out shooting pigs for fun, the better. But intentionally running them over in your truck is not a thing. I know several guys who make a sport out of chasing down and running over pigs in fields. They follow up with hand guns. These guys have special bumpers on their trucks and will not hesitate to take them out on the road. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/73 "2017-06-22T13:29:30Z")
I went pig hunting on a ranch in Texas. I found it interesting that bobcats were about as common as house cats on this ranch. I have to believe the bobcats are feeding on baby piglets. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157/74 "2017-06-23T05:54:24Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Just thought I’d share this photo of the three piglets who continue to enjoy treats in our yard, as I (so far unsuccessfully) plot to trap them and send them to the farm. > > [piglets like ulu bread! | tambora | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/7971087@N03/35399804546/in/dateposted-public/) > > In that photo they are eating ulu (breadfruit) bread. We’ve been experimenting with various treats to lure them (the idea is to find things they like to eat without breaking the bank - everything is expensive here). So far I can report that they are quite pleased with pineapple cores/peels, and okayish with apples and bruised strawberries. > > But today I put out some scraps from a loaf of ulu bread that was starting to get moldy. The pigs were in heaven! It was clear they thought ulu bread is the best thing ever. The one on the left is sizing up the photographer for a meal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157.md?page=3)