Propaganda Study Says Wild Pigs Emit More Carbon Than One Million Cars. Calls For Their Control

The following report is from Study Finds:

Wild pigs may seem like a fairly innocent part of nature, but a new study finds they’re actually having a bigger impact on climate change than the emissions of one million cars.

Researchers from the University of Queensland say by uprooting carbon trapped in soil, the feral porkers are releasing around 4.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually across the globe. That’s the equivalent of 1.1 million automobiles.

An international research team used predictive population models along with advanced mapping techniques to pinpoint the climate damage wild pigs are causing across five continents. Dr. Christopher O’Bryan from the University of Queensland warns that the world’s ever-expanding population of feral pigs could be a “significant threat” to the climate.

Wild pigs are just like tractors ploughing through fields, turning over soil to find food. When soils are disturbed from humans ploughing a field or, in this case, from wild animals uprooting, carbon is released into the atmosphere.

Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change. Our models show a wide range of outcomes, but they indicate that wild pigs are most likely currently uprooting an area of around 36,000 to 124,000 square kilometers, in environments where they’re not native.

This is an enormous amount of land, and this not only affects soil health and carbon emissions, but it also threatens biodiversity and food security that are crucial for sustainable development.

Dr. Christopher O’Bryan says in a media release.

Wild Pigs Populations Are A Global Problem

Using existing models on wild pig numbers and locations, the team simulated 10,000 maps of potential global wild pig density. They then modeled the amount of soil area disturbed from a long-term study of wild pig damage across a range of climatic conditions, vegetation types, and altitudes from lowland grasslands to sub-alpine woodlands.

The team then simulated the global carbon emissions from wild pig soil damage based on previous research in the Americas, Europe, and China. Nicholas Patton, a PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, says the study has ramifications for curbing the effects of climate change into the future.

Invasive species are a human-caused problem, so we need to acknowledge and take responsibility for their environmental and ecological implications. If invasive pigs are allowed to expand into areas with abundant soil carbon, there may be an even greater risk of greenhouse gas emissions in the future. Because wild pigs are prolific and cause widespread damage, they’re both costly and challenging to manage.

Wild pig control will definitely require cooperation and collaboration across multiple jurisdictions, and our work is but one piece of the puzzle, helping managers better understand their impacts. It’s clear that more work still needs to be done, but in the interim, we should continue to protect and monitor ecosystems and their soil which are susceptible to invasive species via loss of carbon.

Nicholas Patton

The findings appear in the journal Global Change Biology.

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

Kill’n the farting cows wasn’t good enough: now they need to kill off the pigs. It’s okay to save the whales and spotted owls, just not livestock.

WinePress readers know that I have been saying for a while that more propaganda stunts will have to be created to get the masses off of eating meat: this is another alibi – blaming it on carbon emissions, which is killing two birds with one stone, as these two primary goals of Agenda 2030 and Agenda Absolute Zero.

[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. [4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: [5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:1-5

Just one week ago The WinePress reported that AI giants are investing in technology to remove carbon from the air and soil. And then this study came out. Coincidence? I think not. Do you continue to see the trend here? They are only complaining about livestock animals and meat that is commonly eaten. Why not attack moose? Bison? Raccoon? Because those are not domesticated and widely eaten.

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I will continue to sound the alarm on this: the elites are soon going to start pushing the masses into another kneejerk reaction to get them off of meat. But instead advocating that we all go backwards due to the harmful effects of cars, animals get the axe.

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Jeremiah 6:16

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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