A group of feral pigs released illegally in the Cairngorms National Park have been caught and shot dead. However the culling of the pigs has caused outcry, with hundreds of people leaving comments ...

"Feral pig populations pose a significant health threat to Australian agriculture and people because they can be potential carriers of diseases such as African swine fever and Japanese ...

The actual size of the feral pig population in Australia is not known, but female pigs can breed from four months old and can have up to three litters of as many as 12 piglets in a year.

Feral pigs cause huge problems on farms, private properties and in national parks all across the country. But what if we could process the high-protein waste animals, and make money from them?

says 70 per cent of feral pigs needed to be culled annually to keep the population from expanding, Knuth said. Katter Australia Party MP Shane Knuth. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell However the ...

Australia's federal government is once again in the spotlight for a years-old plan to cull 2 million feral cats by 2020, this time after details emerged about the reported use of poison-laced ...