Texas Wild Boars Are Spreading Fast — And They're Far More Dangerous Than Anyone Expected

Texas Wild Boars Are Spreading Fast — And They're Far More Dangerous Than Anyone Expected On a quiet Sunday morning in November 2019, in the small town of Anahuac, Texas, a woman stepped out of her car in front of the house where she worked — and never made it to the front door. Not a person. Not a dog. A family of wild hogs, in the front yard, in daylight. Feral hogs now live on about 79% of Texas. Between 2 and 3.5 million of them. They grow around 20% every single year, and hunters remove barely a quarter. In this video, a Chinese engineer explains the numbers, the hidden dangers (water, disease, the land itself) — and why China made almost the same mistake with the same animal, just from the opposite direction. From Hernando de Soto's pigs in 1539 to China's official boar-hunting teams in Ningxia, this is the story of how two countries lost control of one animal. Where do you live — and have feral hogs reached your area yet? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 0:00 Anahuac, Texas — November 2019 1:43 The numbers: 79% of Texas 2:55 How fast they multiply 4:35 Where they came from (De Soto, 1539) 5:43 Why they are so hard to stop 7:31 Danger 1 — Water 8:08 Danger 2 — Disease 8:49 Danger 3 — The land 9:11 Danger 4 — Attacks 9:36 China made the same mistake 12:09 How China fights back 13:38 Everything Texas has tried 14:58 The engineering view 16:18 Why Texas is especially hard 17:04 What to do if you live near them 18:17 Two countries, one lesson Sources 1. Texas A&M AgriLife — Feral Hogs in Texas — https://feralhogs.tamu.edu/ 2. USDA APHIS — Feral Swine — https://www.aphis.usda.gov/operational-wil... 3. Texas Parks & Wildlife — Feral Hogs — https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/nuisa... 4. CNN — China's wild boar problem — https://edition.cnn.com/ 5. Chambers County Sheriff statement on the Anahuac attack (2019) — https://www.khou.com/ 6. Hernando de Soto — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_... 7. Wild boar (Sus scrofa) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar Visual credits Videos: Pexels (Pexels license). Photos and maps: Wikimedia Commons (licenses listed on each file page). Some scenes were digitally recreated to illustrate events described in the narration. #FeralHogs #Texas #WildBoar #China #Wildlife