On December 1, 2025, the government introduced 3 changes to wild boar management to protect the livestock industry, the environment, and animal and human health.

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Wild boars have been declared "a pest in all circumstances" by the Alberta government effective Dec.

Feral pigs have roamed the woods of the U.S. for centuries and are a major feature in the U.S. countryside, with one Twitter user famously going viral in 2020 complaining about the "30-50 feral hogs" ...

Rosie's Rescue in Yellowhead County, Alta., is wrestling with a prohibited pets bylaw, so it can keep a wild boar. The rescue's founder, Angela Pauls, rescued Wilber the wild boar from a meat farm in ...

Last December amendments were made to Alberta’s Pest and Nuisance Control Regulations, changing how the government will manage wild boar.

Occurred on January 10, 2026 / Enkoping, Sweden Info from Licensor: "Met all these wild boars outside our barn one morning when I went to feed our goats. Must be at least 20 of them!" ...