Nothing is stopping feral pigs in Canada

Re:Nothing is stopping feral pigs in Canada by MagicMoonlight on Saturday March 25, 2023 @04:50PM (#35307195)

If I’m a hog farmer and I can make 200 smeckles for a standard hog or get paid 400 smeckles for each “feral hog” I hand over then logically I’ll just start breeding the feral ones instead.

The market finds the most profitable solution, not necessarily the best solution.

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Re:Nothing is stopping feral pigs in Canada by giardini on Saturday March 25, 2023 @05:32PM (#35307635)

You foolishly extrapolate to a market that has never existed (in Texas at least).

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Re:Nothing is stopping feral pigs in Canada by cryptonector on Saturday March 25, 2023 @11:51PM (#35310690)

There is no market for feral hogs. Sure, casual hunters may pay to get to hunt a bunch of feral hogs, but professional hog hunters get paid a lot for it (they use helicopters, to give you an idea of how much farmers and ranchers will pay for that service). The value of a feral hog's meat on the market is zero.

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