Wild boar bounty ends in four Alberta municipalities with zero submissions

A provincial bounty programs targeting Alberta’s wild pig population have winded down, seemingly without a single kill of the destructive swine. The Whole Sounder Trapping Incentive program offered approved trappers $75 per set of ears per sounder, or group of pigs, and ran from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. However, officials say no submissions were made for the wild boar bounty during the program's run. Hannah McKenzie, the wild boar program specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Irr