热成像无人机和环境DNA检测在加强马尼托巴省对抗入侵性、破坏性及携带疾病的野猪斗争方面显示出希望。
Thermal drones and environmental DNA testing are showing promise in strengthening Manitoba's fight against invasive, destructive and disease-carrying wild pigs.
旨在阻止入侵性欧亚野猪及杂交猪在全省蔓延的公众意识宣传活动“Squeal on Pigs”（向野猪告密）表示，根除野猪指日可待。该组织警告称，这种入侵物种构成重大风险，包括传播非洲猪瘟，并对农田和生态系统造成严重破坏。
Squeal on Pigs, a public awareness campaign aiming to stop the spread of the invasive Eurasian wild boar and cross-bred pigs across the province, says eradication is within reach. It warns the invasive animal poses major risks, including spreading African swine fever, and wreaking havoc on agricultural land and ecosystems.
“如果我们坚持不懈，真有机会把它们清除掉，”“Squeal on Pigs”项目协调员韦恩·利斯（Wayne Lees）表示。
"We've got a real chance of being able to get rid of them, if we're persistent," said Wayne Lees, Squeal on Pigs program co-ordinator.
该项目由马尼托巴猪肉生产者协会组织，资金来自联邦政府和马尼托巴省政府。
The program is organized by Manitoba Pork and gets funding from the federal and Manitoba governments.
随着清除力度加大，该组织去年全省记录到240起确认的野猪目击事件。
The group logged 240 confirmed wild pigs spotted provincewide last year, as removal efforts increased.
自20世纪80年代以来，野猪种群控制一直是一个持续存在的问题，但利斯认为，两项关键技术——热成像无人机和水样环境DNA检测——正让该省更接近无野猪状态。
Wild pig population control has been an ongoing issue since the 1980s, but Lees believes two key technologies — thermal imaging drones and environmental DNA testing of water samples — are pushing the province closer to being free of wild pigs.
他强调了阿尔伯塔省鼠害控制项目作为一个经验证的模式，证明多年的持续、有针对性的努力可以将一种入侵物种从一个省根除。
He highlighted Alberta's rat control program as a proven model that shows years of sustained, targeted efforts can eradicate an invasive species from a province.
技术进步使追踪这些害兽变得更容易。热成像无人机让团队能更轻松地勘测茂密和难以到达的地形，而DNA检测有助于锁定动物潜在群体的位置。
Strides in technology are making it easier to track the pests. Thermal drones allow teams to survey dense and inaccessible terrain more easily, while DNA testing helps hone in on potential groups of the animals.
“我们正在取得进展。……如果我们勤奋努力并保持力度，将能从马尼托巴省根除它们，”利斯说。
"We're making progress.… If we're diligent and maintain our efforts, we will be able to eradicate them from Manitoba," Lees said.
“也许十年后我们就不需要再谈论这个问题了。”位于温尼伯以西约140公里的云杉林省立公园，仍是一个主要热点地区和根除行动的重点目标。
"Maybe in a decade we won't need to talk about this anymore." Spruce Woods Provincial Park, about 140 kilometres west of Winnipeg, remains a major hot spot and a key target for eradication.
“这是一片被农田包围的灌木丛岛屿，”利斯说。“野猪可以躲进去藏身，而且那里有食物来源。”非洲猪瘟利斯说，这些动物构成的主要疾病威胁是非洲猪瘟，这种疾病具有高度传染性，对商品猪和野猪均致命。该疾病对人类不构成威胁，目前加拿大尚未出现。
"It's an island of bush land surrounded by agriculture," Lees said. "The wild pigs can go in there and hide out, and then they've got a feed source." African swine fever The primary disease threat posed by the animals is African swine fever, which is highly contagious and fatal to both commercial and wild pigs, Lees said. The disease, which poses no threat to humans, is currently not in Canada.
利斯警告说，如果该疾病在野生种群中扎根，可能会传播到商品猪群，重创曼尼托巴省的养猪业。
Lee warns that if the disease ever takes hold in wild populations, it could spread to commercial herds, devastating Manitoba's hog industry.
曼尼托巴省制定了一项应对计划，以便在发生疫情时扑杀并处置数十万头猪。
Manitoba developed a response plan to cull and dispose of hundreds of thousands of pigs if an outbreak should occur.
研究人员探查草原湿地寻找曼尼托巴省蛙类、蝾螈“表皮流行病”迹象 阿尔伯塔省测试人工智能无人机技术对抗野猪加拿大动物卫生组织执行董事卡西迪·克利马表示，在根除这种入侵物种方面，曼尼托巴省走在前列。该全国性组织汇聚行业和政府，共同为外来动物疫病爆发做准备和应对。
Researchers probe Prairie wetlands for signs of 'epidermal epidemic' in Manitoba frogs, salamanders Alberta testing AI-powered drone technology in battle against wild boar Cassidy Klima, executive director of Animal Health Canada, said Manitoba is leading the charge when it comes to eradicating the invasive species. The national organization brings together industry and governments to prepare for and manage foreign animal disease outbreaks.
克利马说，如果非洲猪瘟传入加拿大，野猪可能会严重危及粮食安全和猪肉生产。
If African swine fever spreads to Canada, wild pigs could severely jeopardize food security and pork production, Klima said.
她指出，欧洲近期的疫情损害了猪肉工业出口，以此为例，包括加拿大食品检验局8月通报的芬兰疫情。“如果非洲猪瘟进入我们的商品猪群，真的会重创我们的食品、猪肉行业，”克利马说。
She pointed to recent outbreaks in Europe damaging pork industry exports as an example, including an outbreak in Finland that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported in August "If African swine fever gets into our commercial herds, it can really decimate our food, our pork sector," Klima said.
“如果我们不防范这一点，没人会替我们防范。” 更多西南曼尼托巴故事野猪源于20世纪80年代的商业野猪养殖。克利马说，在许多情况下，农场倒闭后会将动物放归野外。
"If we don't safeguard against that, no one else will." More stories from Southwestern Manitoba The wild pigs originated from commercial wild boar farming in the 1980s. Klima said that in many cases, farms would shut down and release the animals into the wild.
省级法规现已禁止饲养野猪，以防止种群进一步扩大。根据《野生动物法》和《外来野生动物条例》，2025 年的监管变更禁止进口或持有这些动物。目前，克利马表示她对未来持乐观态度。
Provincial regulation now prohibits wild boar farming to prevent further population expansion. A 2025 regulatory change under the Wildlife Act and the Exotic Wildlife Regulation banned importing or possessing the animals. For now, Klima said she's optimistic for the future.
“在加拿大，根除是真正的潜在可能，”她说。“我们有国家战略。我们有许多人致力于将此事进行到底。”但克利马表示，种群密度下降带来了挑战，使得剩余的野猪群体更难寻找。这使得公众意识至关重要。
"Eradication is a true potential in Canada," she said. "We have a national strategy. We have a lot of people invested in seeing this through." But declining population density presents challenges, making remaining groups of wild pigs harder to find, Klima said. That makes public awareness critical.
她说，虽然夜行性的野猪很少被直接发现，但它们对环境的影响却十分显著。一群野猪（称为一个“声群”）会在农场和牧场留下一路破坏，同时摧毁原生生态系统。
While the nocturnal wild pigs are rarely spotted directly, their environmental impact is stark, she said. A group of the animals, called a sounder, can leave trails of destruction across farms and pastures while devastating native ecosystems.
“它们并非加拿大原生物种……它们并不真正适应这片环境，”克利马说。“它们只是制造了大量破坏。” 曼尼托巴关注非洲猪瘟来袭时扑杀数十万头猪的计划 教授称捕兽人猎杀野猪显示“野猪海啸”正逼近萨斯喀彻温北部利斯表示，根除工作重点在于捕捉并安乐死整个群体，以阻止种群增长。声群通常包括成熟的繁殖雌猪及其后代。
"They're not native to Canada.… they don't really fit into the environment," Klima said. "They just create a lot of damage." Manitoba eyes plan to cull hundreds of thousands of pigs if African swine fever arrives Prof says trapper's boar kill shows 'tsunami of wild pigs' is encroaching on northern Sask. Eradication efforts focus on capturing and euthanizing entire groups to stop population growth, Lees said. Sounders usually include mature breeding females and their offspring.
他说，曼尼托巴恶劣的气候也有助于降低繁殖率，相比之下德克萨斯等较温暖的南方地区繁殖率较高。
Manitoba's harsh weather climate also helps slow reproduction rates compared with warmer southern regions such as Texas, he said.
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