Argumentative Essay On Wild Pigs

The mustangs run with a spirit that makes them legendary here in the west. On a bitter cold morning, dozens of wild horses descend off the mountains of eastern Oregon, galloping miles across the rangeland. Stallions and mares, guiding their young. It is an incredible sight, but also one that infuriates many hard working Americans. Horse’s hoof prints in cattle grazing lands, drinking the water supply dry. Farmers are losing their grazing rights before their cattle even step foot on the property. There is another animal taking over the land. Wild horses.

Feral pigs are omnivores, preferring succulent green vegetation, fruit, grain, and a wide variety of animal meat including, frogs, reptiles, birds, small mammals; and carrion. They also feed on underground plants such as root, bulbs, corms, and fungi. As a result of fossicking for food. The vast diet of feral pigs can cause severe environmental damage to vegetation. Feral pigs can also cause erosion of soil and damage to the native species of animals and vegetation. The requirement of protein and energy in a pig's diet is very high. This is needed for breeding, successful lactation and growth of young.

Should animals in Captivity be allowed? Animals in Captivity should be allowed because they get the medicine they need, animals can live longer, and the animals can get smarter. The first reason animals in captivity should be allowed is that animals can get healthy. There are rehabilitation programs that nurse animals back to health.Veterinarians can prevent and control a disease. Second, animals can live longer in captivity. In the article, by Hannah J. O’regan and Andrew C. Kitchener states, “Gorillas live for more than 50 years in captivity compared to 35 years in the wild” (223). The animals diets also help them live longer. Lastly animals can get smarter. Animals in captivity do more activities making them smarter. For example, “Rats raised in enriched environments had larger brains”(O’regan and Kitchener 224). Animals in captivity should be allowed because they are able to get healthier, their lifespan increases, and they get more intelligent.

Over the many years pigs have developed and evolved into what they are today, 30 differing species of exotic and wild hogs that we know today, all around the planet. Wild pigs, even though not native to America still pose and ecological and economic risk to the nation. Feral swine, as descendants from domestic pigs, still pose considerable challenges in population control efforts. (Ditch off 2007, P. 149) Through strict wildlife management plans, monitoring and follow through actions, we can work to strike an advantageous balance with these invasive invertebrates.

Although the Elk Island National Park is Canada’s seventh smallest national park, they do not lack of safety and protection. They are the only national park in Canada that is completely surrounded by a fence. There are intensive resource management techniques used to maintain and enhance the park due to the fence- which also helps the hoofed mammals to stay clean and away from any disease. “We have a healthy stock here that could

Salatin’s pigs differ greatly from that of pigs that live in factory farms. Pigs that live on Salatin’s farm rely on other animals to thrive. Cattle spend three months in barns eating approximately twenty five pounds of hay a day and producing fifty pounds of manure; the manure is left in place and spread with woodchips and straw to create stronger manure. Corn kernels and then sprinkled into compost and allowed them to ferment to create tasty treats for pigs. Spring time is when the cows go into the pasture and the pigs are let loose into the barn to search for the corn kernel treats making a very happy pig and great soil.

By 4900 B.C. pigs were domesticated in China, and were being raised in Europe by 1500 B.C. The Romans improved pig breeding and spread pork production throughout their empire. Two main types were developed: one breed was large, with floppy ears, while the other was a smaller size, with erect ears, used mainly for meat. Missouri has been the primary state for hog production. With hogs playing a significant role in the diversified crop and livestock operations of Missouri’s farmers. Farming operations have tended to be smaller and more diverse than in many neighboring states. Hog sales have been an important source of income during times of the year when other sources of income were not available. They sometimes have been known as the “mortgage lifter.”

The area’s wild hogs normally choose to live adjacent to rivers and streams but the unusual precipitation in May and June have driven the animals away from the river and stream banks and closer to populated areas. Recently, the only individual with a license to trap feral pigs, Osvaldo Rojas, told NVCDFW that in recent week he had twice is usual amount of work, with southeast Dallas providing the most requests for his services.

Throughout my seventeen years of life I have always lived on a farrow to finish hog farm, which is called Billings Hogs Inc.. Billings Hogs Inc., operated by my grandfather and father, consist of 50 to 70 sows and gilts year-round plus farming 4,000 acres of corn, wheat, and milo. Therefore, I have always been closely related to the swine industry. However, even though I have been directly involved in the swine industry, I didn’t truly find my passion for the swine industry until I began showing and raising my own hogs. My herd began to develop when I brought my champion Yorkshire breeding gilt home from the Scott County Fair in 2014. Upon the gilt returning home, I bred her in September of 2014 so that she would give birth to piglets in January.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Wild Hog Program is leading transformational change across the country. Most states dealing with wild hogs and the damage they cause are hopeless. Their hopelessness is due to wild hogs being such prolific breeders and regulatory environments in states don’t allow for successful control or elimination of this exotic and destructive species. Thankfully, Tennessee is an exception and TWRA’s management of this species is being used as a model by other states to base their management on. Thus, there is now newfound hope of controlling these problems in most of the United States.

British Columbia is the west-most province locating on the pacific cost. It is Canada’s richest province in terms of biological diversity. It is home to 70 per cent of its freshwater fish species, 75 per cent of Canada’s bird species, 66 percent of its butterfly and thousands of other animals and plants. However, more than 43 % of these species are either threatened or endangered, only 191 species are listed under the federal species at risk act (commonly known as SARA), and only 1.6 % (three) is listed as at risk under the British Columbia Wildlife Act. What is even worse is the truth that British Columbia has more species at risk than any other province and its ineffective laws and policies (flaws in SARA) are the primary contributing

Even though some argue that zoos are actually beneficial for animals, zoos in reality produce a toxic and cruel impact on species. When animals are confined in spaces for entertainment purposes, they are more likely to develop mental illnesses and strange behaviors. For instance, the term “zoochosis” was coined by Bill Travers in 1992 after witnessing abnormal behaviors such as pacing, head banging, self mutilation, regurgitating, and many more actions that animals displayed in zoos that were not found in the wild (“Travers”). These findings are able to prove that the behavior shown in zoos is not normal for these species. With evidence such as recordings that show animals displaying these shocking behaviors, it is impossible to claim that

How would you feel if you were taken away from your parents and your home and was put in a cage? This happens to many exotic animals all over the world. Whether the animal was already born in captivity or was plucked from the wild. Owning an exotic animal as a pet can be dangerous, time consuming, and cruel. People all around the U.S. own exotic animals when they shouldn’t.

Pigs are a very amazing animal. They are highly social and intelligent. Pigs are omnivores, which means that they eat plants and animals. Domesticated pigs are called swine. Pigs are not dirty animals. They are actually quite clean. They only have that reputation because they roll around in mud to cool off.

The native Flora and Fauna of the United States is being threatened by numerous invasive species, one of which is considered to be the most destructive. The wild boar is known to dwell in 35 states and is costing the US an estimated $1.5 billion each year in damages. Eating almost everything it sets its eyes on, boars dig up anything it desires to eat in a process called rooting. When a wild boar does a rooting behavior to dig up food it destabilizes the soil surface which leads to surface erosion. The surface erosion removes the top layer of soil that is responsible for having the richest organic matter leading to the soil losing nutrients needed to support plant life. Wild board also feed on a large quantity of native vegetation leaving the native plants not enough time to fully recover before being trampled over again by the damaging heathens. Males also tusks small trees removing the bark layer on an area of the tree in order to mark their territory and display their dominance. This tusking behavior causing serious harm to trees and has the potential to kill the tree. There is a phloem layer under the bark of a tree that comes up when boars do their tusking behavior. Nutrients such as water and minerals travel up the Phloem layer of the tree from the roots to the leaves, but if the phloem layer is removed from a portion of the tree it restricts the nutrients distributed throughout the tree and leads