Sentences with phrase «by feral pigs»

On Santa Cruz Island, olive is spread by feral pigs and by birds.

In 2011, Germany, France and the Netherlands experienced an outbreak of E. coli that was ultimately traced to the consumption of contaminated sprouts, which was thought to be caused by feral pigs in the growing area.

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I wonder if the same explosive reaction will be exhibited, and expletives uttered, by the usual suspects about the Feds» plan to kill feral pigs from helicopters.

According to previous research by Galetti's group, feral pigs and cross-bred pig - boars are a public health hazard because they have become a major source of food for vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) and have thereby fueled an increase in this rabies vector.

Feral pigs are being removed from Santa Cruz Island as part of a joint project conducted by the National Park Service and the Nature Conservancy.

By the mid-1990s the thousands of feral pigs on the island became a factor in the decline of island foxes.

Conservation Status The island night lizard is listed as Threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, due to habitat alteration and predation resulting from introduction of alien species (e.g., feral cats, goats, pigs, and rabbits).

[2][12][page needed] They also were able to eliminate the last of the feral pigs by 2006.

The island also supports a large population of feral pigs, which are no doubt responsible for the decline in sightings of pumilus in the wild by Nature Conservancy personnel and others.

This resulted in a strategy that would require the removal of the feral pigs on Santa Cruz Island beginning in 2004, in a project implemented by the NPS and The Nature Conservancy, its partner in management of Santa Cruz Island.

Feral pigs facilitate hyperpredation by golden eagles and indirectly cause the decline of the island fox.