the Javalina are a real nuisance. At least once a month someone in our neighborhood has a horror story about attacks on their dogs, or charging humans. I personally witnessed a herd of 14 - 16 adult and juvenile pigs chasing a neighbor one night last year. What a helpless feeling - nothing that I could have done against that many pigs with their hair bristling and snorting rage. Fortunately, The neighbor escaped into a gated yard and got away!

Wild hogs are not.

[link:https://www.azgfd.com/species/javelina/|

... to environmental disturbances caused by man. Humans killed off the larger predators. Our sheep and cattle ate all the grass, creating a favorable environment for the peccary. This led to a peccary population explosion. What was once a rare and secretive animal became common.

of a climate change thing.
But, the Az dept of wildlife says that they are a relatively new transplanted species, Hunter.

The claim, one way or another, has political ramifications.

Unlike the European wild hogs, the javelina are very clearly a Holocene American species same as coyotes, opossums, armadillos, etc..

Pepto-Bismol will fix it.

What do you imagine Arizona looked like 600 years ago?

Pigs have been sighted in North Dakota and 18 miles from the Minnesota border with Manitoba. A possible sounder (herd) was found in Wisconsin, but hopefully wiped out. They've completely overrun Saskatchewan.

The northern strain has a lot more Russian boar genetics, as they can survive -30F winters.

Maybe our 2500 wolves can keep them at bay.