Pigs have a long and fascinating history in the United States. The first pigs were brought over on a ship in 1539 by the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Today, there are an estimated 5 million pigs residing in the US. Pigs are not native to the US, but have wrought havoc in recent decades: the government estimates the country’s approximately 6 million wild, or feral, pigs cause $1.5bn of damage each year. Feral pigs are known as “ecological zombies” because they will eat almost anything an...
