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Feral Hogs are the Most Invasive Species in America: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

June 23, 2026/

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John Oliver discusses one of the most destructive invasive species in America: feral hogs. How they got here, the damage they’re doing, and why the Discovery Channel should really consider doing “Cow Week.”

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250-pound ‘super-pigs’ are rampaging toward the US border

The new research suggests that South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota are all facing this super-pig invasion, which could cost billions in agriculture losses.

Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading Montana

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage?

California’s feral pig population has become a monumental headache for government land managers, farmers, homeowners, conservation biologists and water district officials. But there is no clear way to ease the pain.

Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage?

California’s feral pig population has become a monumental headache for government land managers, farmers, homeowners, conservation biologists and water district officials. But there is no clear way to ease the pain.

‘Ticking swine-bomb’: Wild hogs are running rampant in California – Wild pigs can now be found in 56 of California’s 58 counties.

A new bill introduced this week seeks to control the explosion of feral pigs in California, or what some are calling a ticking “swine bomb,” by minimizing hunting restrictions on wild hogs and banning the release of pigs into the wild.

Another Global Pandemic Is Spreading—Among Pigs

African swine fever killed half the pigs in China. There is no vaccine and no treatment. Now it’s in the Caribbean and on the doorstep of the US.

Hungry Wild Pigs Are Worsening Climate Change

When the invasive swine root through soils around the world, they release as much carbon dioxide as a million cars. Good luck getting rid of them.


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