Feral pigs are a massive challenge
2023 saw the wild pig population soar, to at least 11 hanging around Rocklily. Pigs are not native to Australia and NSW is having an explosion in numbers never seen before. Pigs are omnivores and eat plants and animals. Besides tearing up over 50% of the grass we had the fairy wrens and other smaller ground nesting birds have slowly disappeared. The wild joey wombats from 2022 seemed to disappear and the 2023-24 all the joey wombats definitely disappeared and we have pigs on camera constantly at burrows. Yes we have wild dogs/dingos, cats and foxs, but never in the numbers of that the pigs are breading in 2023-24. Pigs are very clever and work in a team hunting down their next meal. Its been a mission for over 12 months with pig traps to get the numbers down. We no sooner get them down and a few more appear. We trapped 5 cats in 2023 and we have only gotten 1 so far this year and know of 3 here were seeing on camera. Its just a fact of life living next to a national park. Most people will get upset but if we do nothing as we found there are not any wildlife left locally. Are we upset about having to do this yes we are.