Wild Boar Report from New York

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1 Wild Boar Report from New York Feral Swine Management and Disease Surveillance Northeast U.S. Animal Health Association Meeting Harrisburg, PA April 28, 2015 Martin Lowney, State Director

2 Feral Swine Facts Non-native/invasive ~5 million feral swine Known to exist in 38 States $1.5 billion in damage & control Up to 400 lbs Multiple litters/year 4 to 13 piglets/litter Disease reservoirs High parasite loads Popular hunting species

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6 Hog track Hog track

7 umich.edu feral swine white-tailed deer

8 Hog droppings

9 Tree Rubs Rooting Wallows

10 Why should you be concerned?

11 Suitable feral swine habitat 75% of the state can support feral swine

12 Damage Texas Surveyed 2007 $59 million in damage Alabama Surveyed 2009 $75 million in damage Georgia Surveyed 2011 $81 million in damage $12,646/property in Agriculture damage $5,381/property damage non-agriculture

13 Cost $3,667 to replace corn lost from damage (2010) Cost $14,850 to replace silage lost from damage (2011)

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17 Feral Swine : Management and Disease Surveillance

18 Voracious Eaters

19 Competition for Food

20 Vehicle Collisions

21 Program Goals Public Outreach Direct Management Disease Surveillance

22 Public Outreach ( ) Cooperating Agencies NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets New York Natural Heritage Program USDA Farm Service Agency Cornell Cooperative Extension County and Town Dept. of Transportation NYS Conservation Council NYS Fish and Wildlife Management Board 48 Newspaper Articles 30 Presentations Delivered 9 Trade Shows Attended 3 Radio Interviews 3 Workshops

23 Direct Management Locate feral swine Acquire land access Monitor feral swine activity Build traps Remove feral swine

24 Disease Surveillance Feral Swine Tested for: Classical swine fever Pseudorabies virus Swine brucellosis Hepatitis E PRRS Porcine circovirus Swine influenza virus Toxoplasmosis Trichinellosis Leptospirosis

25 Disease Surveillance 122 Feral Swine Tested 12 positive for toxoplasmosis 2 positive for pseudorabies 3 positive for swine influenza 17 positive for leptospirosis 1 positive for trichinosis

26 Feral Swine in New York August 2013 Confirmed breeding in the wild Counties with at least 1 confirmed Wild Boar sighting Wild Boar shooting enclosures and breeding facilities

27 What s the Solution? Interagency Cooperation Regulations Management Education

28 Management Options Current Coral traps Cable restraints Night shooting Future Judas pig Aerial operations Toxicants 2017?

29 Recent Success! October 22, 2013 Governor Cuomo signed legislation that will immediately makes it illegal to import, allow to breed, or release Eurasian boars to the wild in NY. Beginning Sept. 1, 2015 the law will also prohibit the possession and transportation of Eurasian boars. Significant penalties associated with violating these provisions. Eurasian boars are defined in the law as any subspecies, breed or hybrid of swine recognized as Eurasian boar, Russian boar, wild boar, wild hog, razorback or feral swine. All swine removed from wild and shooting enclosures 4/6/15.

30 12,000 Feral Swine Prevented in New York in the Absence of Management 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,

31 Report all Feral Swine Sightings to: USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services

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