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Feral swine damage to water quality

Because pigs lack sweat glands, wallowing in mud and water is an instinctual behavior necessary for them to maintain a healthy body temperature. Unfortunately this behavior in feral pigs has cascading impacts, not only to water quality in individual streams, ponds, and wetlands, but to entire watersheds and ecosystems. Read more at USDA…

Written by:
kristin
Published on:
July 8, 2016

Categories: Animal Health, Wildlife

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