Wild Boar Control Program update

The Whole Sounder Trapping Incentive Program ended March 31, 2024 bringing the modified bounty component of the program to a close (the Ear Bounty Program ended March 31, 2023). For farmers experiencing wild boar damage to their fields, wild boar are included in the AFSC Wildlife Damage Compensation Program. “The Alberta Invasive Species Council Squeal on Pigs! campaign continues to be extremely successful,” says Hannah McKenzie, wild boar specialist with the Alberta government. “We are receiving an increasing number of public reports of wild boar and escaped domestic pigs, showing that awareness of the issue is on the rise and people are taking action.” The Alberta Pork trapping team is currently managing 9 traps spread across Woodlands, Lac Ste Anne, Strathcona and Two Hills counties. Since 2018, Alberta Pork and Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation have removed 66 sounders (groups of wild boar) for a total of 410 wild boar, with almost 75% coming from Woodlands county. All capture