African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will Take Decades

Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by hnzix on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @11:25PM (#20111303)

I mean, foreign feral pigs are a big problem in Oz. They aren't native to the recent ecosystem. But that whole cane toad thing didn't work out so good.

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Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by astazangasta on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @11:45PM (#20111391)

Here is the matching Simpsons clip: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mpzj1IvEhTA

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Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by soulofmischief on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @11:34PM (#20111350)

They were a big problem in my back yard. I've been chased by feral hogs and it's not fun.

But we have to be practical about introducing invasive, hardy species into an ecosystem.

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Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by taneq on Thursday June 06, 2019 @07:36AM (#20113500)

The thing is, a few thousand years is all that stands between "feral" and "wild". Witness dingos, our "native dogs".

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Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by caf on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @11:55PM (#20111446)

Myxomatosis and Calicivirus worked out OK though.

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