the Javalina are a real nuisance. At least once a month someone in our neighborhood has a horror story about attacks on their dogs, or charging humans. I personally witnessed a herd of 14 - 16 adult and juvenile pigs chasing a neighbor one night last year. What a helpless feeling - nothing that I could have done against that many pigs with their hair bristling and snorting rage. Fortunately, The neighbor escaped into a gated yard and got away!

Wild hogs are not.

... to environmental disturbances caused by man. Humans killed off the larger predators. Our sheep and cattle ate all the grass, creating a favorable environment for the peccary. This led to a peccary population explosion. What was once a rare and secretive animal became common.

of a climate change thing.
But, the Az dept of wildlife says that they are a relatively new transplanted species, Hunter.

The claim, one way or another, has political ramifications.

Unlike the European wild hogs, the javelina are very clearly a Holocene American species same as coyotes, opossums, armadillos, etc..

Pepto-Bismol will fix it.

What do you imagine Arizona looked like 600 years ago?

Pigs have been sighted in North Dakota and 18 miles from the Minnesota border with Manitoba. A possible sounder (herd) was found in Wisconsin, but hopefully wiped out. They've completely overrun Saskatchewan.

The northern strain has a lot more Russian boar genetics, as they can survive -30F winters.

Maybe our 2500 wolves can keep them at bay.