'One of the most damaging invasive species on Earth': wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year

By Christopher J. O'Bryan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
Eve McDonald-Madden, Associate professor, The University of Queensland
Jim Hone, Emeritus professor, University of Canberra
Matthew H. Holden, Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland
Nicholas R Patton, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Canterbury

Wild pigs are on every continent, except Antarctica. All up, they likely turn over the the same amount of soil as the area of Taiwan.

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