NY Times article about wild pigs
I saw this in today's NY Times, and couldn't help thinking about the White Sow. Two hundred years later, her descendants are apparently thriving. <g>
Biologists and wildlife officials hope to wipe out feral hogs — which are simply domestic stock turned wild — because they tear up wetlands, kill native vegetation and eat the eggs of turtles and ground-nesting birds. Farmers detest them because they destroy fences, root up crops and harbor livestock diseases.That description sounds very much like the White Sow and other wild pigs described in Diana Gabaldon's books, doesn't it?
The only people who admire wild pigs are hunters. Ancient Romans considered the wild boar noble quarry because it was elusive and fought fiercely when cornered, and today’s feral pigs have those same qualities.
I actually did a poll like that once. :-) Maybe I'll do it again sometime. But the September poll (which will be up tomorrow) doesn't have anything to do with animals.
Karen
Or descendants of both?!? Remember Jamie wondering "what kind of boar had the balls to mate with her?" :-)
Karen