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American farmers are suffering from the raids of especially large wild boars, called "super pigs". Experts believe that Russian farmers have nothing to fear.

Farmers in the United States are alarmed by the raids of "super pigs" - especially large wild boars, ranging in size from 300 kg and more, which appeared in the 1980s as a result of crossing wild boars and domestic pigs. Every year, farmers lose up to $1.5 billion due to the raids of these pigs, the National Union of Agricultural Insurers (NUA) reported to sfera.fm.

Now the population of feral pigs in the United States is about 6 million individuals, the NSA said, citing the US Department of Agriculture. Pigs carry dangerous diseases, including the US Department of Agriculture fears that pigs can bring African swine fever, which was not previously in this country. To avoid this, the US Department of Agriculture is considering the possibility of the complete destruction of the wild pig population in the region.

“Superpigs” do not threaten Russian farmers, NSA experts believe. For Europe, large wild pigs, weighing up to 500 kg, are a well-studied local species. The population of wild pigs in Russia is kept under control, it reaches about 400 thousand individuals. This helps to avoid the spread of diseases through contact between wild and domestic pigs.