ABSTRACT
Historical records of introduced wild boar in northeastern North America date to the 1890s in New Hampshire. Historically, one of the first introductions of wild boar into North America occurred in Sullivan County, New Hampshire in 1890. Although originally contained within Corbin’s Park, a privately owned game preserve behind a 3-m high wire-mesh fence buried 60 cm underground, numerous wild boar escaped through breaches in the fence over the years. Several states in the Northeast region have radio-collared wild pigs for research or as “Judas pigs” to provide information on wild pig movements and behavior. Wild pigs are opportunistic omnivores and adjust their diet seasonally based upon available food resources. Natural food resources in the region include forbs, grasses, tree seedlings, soft and hard mast, roots, tubers, fungi, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Wild pigs from the Northeast region are typically associated with mixed forest-agriculture landscapes that are abundant throughout the region.
