Feral Hogs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Feral hogs represent one of America's most destructive invasive species through explosive population growth and widespread environmental harm.

• Agricultural losses — Over six million feral swine cause more than three billion dollars in yearly crop and infrastructure damage [03:41]

• Range growth — Hogs expanded from twenty states to thirty six in the past thirty years [03:52]

• Suburban presence — They now appear in neighborhoods and collide with cars plus fighter jets [03:16]

• Biodiversity decline — Affected habitats show more than a quarter less species diversity than hog free areas [11:48]

• Reproduction speed — Hogs breed faster than hunters can remove them requiring a sixty to eighty percent annual drop for eradication [18:03]

• Control failures — Pigs learn to escape traps and poison risks harming other wildlife like deer and raccoons [19:23]

• How do feral hogs survive winter in cold climates?

• What are helicopters used to hunt feral hogs called?