Feral Wild Boar Control Program

What Are The Signs Of Wild Boar?

Look for rooting (plants and crops), tracks, scat, wallows (wetland depressions), tree and post rubs, and nests or beds in cattails and other wetlands. Wild boar have an elongated snout, visible tusks and a thick, bristly coat.

Wild boar are considered an invasive species and are a threat to people, agriculture land, livestock and other wildlife. Wild boar can act as a carrier for livestock disease and can damage crops and private property.

^{Photos courtesy of Squeal On Pigs Manitoba}

Why It's Important To Report Sightings?

Effective eradication methods of wild boar include identifying and eliminating the entire sounder. This takes dedicated wildlife professionals with specialized techniques. SCIC has teams of experienced hunters and trappers ready to respond! Reported sightings help us to successfully catch pigs and mitigate risk.

Hunting is not the solution to this problem and will, in fact, make things much worse. Research and management experience from provinces and states dealing with wild boar has shown hunters removing individual pigs has minimal effect on the population and, instead, breaks up groups of pigs (called sounders), scatters them across the landscape and teaches them to avoid hunters. This makes control efforts much more difficult and pigs quickly breed to replace any losses.

SCIC remains committed to ongoing research and development of the Feral Wild Boar Control Program.

Wildlife Damage Compensation

Wild boar can cause damage to crops and/or livestock. Through the Wildlife Damage Compensation Program, Saskatchewan producers may be eligible for compensation for crop or livestock damage caused by wild boar.

Contact your local SCIC office or call us toll-free 1-888-935-0000 to report wildlife damage and discuss your options. All Saskatchewan producers may be eligible to receive funding for both preventive measures and wildlife damage concerns.