Pack of wild pigs unleash destruction at Northern California school

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Originally published at: Pack of wild pigs unleash destruction at Northern California school - Boing Boing

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I wonder if now they’d consider naturalscaping with native plants and ground cover that doesn’t cost $150k in irrigation and other fees, not to mention the ongoing water bill.

…nah

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Whereas others fled for chaotic evil.

Hard to make that work if you’re talking athletic fields instead of ornamental gardens.

Remember, the pigs aren’t native species either.

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Ah, right, I read school and thought “grounds” not “sports”

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Sounds like it was spread all over campus, including but not limited to athletic fields. Hopefully they’ll work something out that preserves some kind of natural balance.

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<grim humor>

Well, if you need to deal with 30-50 feral hogs, an American school seems like exactly where you’ll find the appropriate tools.

</grim humor>

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Last year I was with my kids on a camp-out near a river in Southern California. I noticed that the ground all around the area had an unusually lumpy texture but I was oblivious to what had caused it. That night our camp was visited by a pack of hungry wild pigs that rooted through the dirt and also got into some of the campers’ food. I knew that wild pigs had a reputation for destruction but seeing them in action was a wake-up call for me showing how big of an impact that they could make on the local landscape.

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Or to use the collective noun, a “precinct”.

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Cody keeps trying to warn us - but do we listen???

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Wild boar jerky?

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Came here for this. Thank you!

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