They've made themselves quite comfortable on the foreshores of Wyangala Dam's backwaters and in the rugged terrain nearby, but feral pigs are on notice, with Central Tablelands Local Land Services going the whole hog to eradicate the pest.
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Central Tablelands Local Land Services representatives in Cowra held a meeting on Thursday, June 26, to decide how to deal with the problem of pigs at the site.
The meeting comes as feral pigs are reported to be running rampant in the high country north of Bathurst, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake ahead of the cold winter months.
Central Tablelands Local Land Services representative John Seaman it presents an ideal scenario for Local Land Services to put in place a concerted eradication program to control the numbers of pesky porkers in the Upper Turon area.
"We're talking hundreds and hundreds of pigs," Mr Seaman said.
"LLS rangers need to be working with producers with a view to putting in some form of control program.
"In fact, we have feral pigs right across the tablelands area.
"You find them where ever there is sufficient ground cover to hide.
"They love low scrub and scrubby timbered areas.
"There's also been reports out around the Charlton area and Rockley Mount.
"Again, tough, inhospitable country in certain places."
Mr Seaman said it's a fact of life that feral pigs are virtually impossible to totally eradicate.
"The big worry is that if we were to get some sort of exotic disease breakout, the wild pigs could carry the disease near and far because they roam over such a big area," he said.
