when were feral pigs introduced to the us
Feral pig The practice of introducing domestic pigs into the New World persisted throughout the exploration periods of the 16th and 17th centuries.[8] The Eurasian wild boar (S. s. scrofa), which originally ranged from Great Britain to European Russia, may have also been introduced.[9] By the 19th century, their numbers were sufficient in some areas such as the Southern United States to become a common game animal.