Canada’s wild pig plan needs Indigenous voice: invasive species expert – Manitoba Co-operator

May 13, 2025

Indigenous groups and communities must be heard in Canada’s national fight to control wild pigs, attendees of the 2025 Canadian Wild Pig Summit II heard

The spread of wild pigs has spurred various levels of governments, agriculture groups, conservation groups and others to develop a national action plan to beat back the invasive species.

WHY IT MATTERS: Invasive wild pigs are both an ecological and agricultural threat, but getting rid of them has been fraught with challenges.

Indigenous participation should have occurred from the beginning of the national wild pig strategy drafted and completed in early 2023 by Animal Health Canada, argued Gabby Nichols, a programs manager with the Canadian Council on Invasive Species. It shouldn’t have been something that was done after the fact,

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