17 pigs rescued before New Zealand island’s feral population was eradicated
- Posted on September 9, 2026
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17 pigs rescued before New Zealand island’s feral population was eradicated
On a remote, windswept archipelago far south of New Zealand, a small herd of pigs lived out more than two centuries as one of the world’s most isolated feral populations. Their ancestors were left on the Auckland Islands in 1807, released by sailors as a living food store for any shipwrecked castaways who might one day wash up on those storm-batter...
