They’re potentially lurking in grasslands and forests across several provinces, prepared to cause devastation, eating and digging their way through crops and gardens, and could even wind up in our cities.

Wild hogs are a growing problem in Canada, especially on the prairies, where they’ve become an invasive species.

Tyler Dawson, National Post reporter and producer of this podcast, joins the show to discuss how wild hogs have thrived here, why they’re such a pesky animal to deal with, and why our neighbours to the south are worried about a porcine invasion.

Background reading: Latest border-crossing crisis for U.S.: a potential flood of Canadian 'super pigs'

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