This is just to give you an idea, 60° north is our border between Manitoba and the territories and 49° is our border to the states...

With all the negative experience of introducing new speciesaround the world your pigs probably wouldhave to be eradicated.[]I guess that in the far north many plants often grow very very slowly and a pig can probably ruine large areas for quite some time.

The harassments and problems can perhaps be related to the facts that the pigs dont find enough to eat and are getting desperate. Or that they are first generation escapers and remembers that food comes from humans.
I am only guessing now[&:]

I would have to agree with you 3D... VT. sorry for the highjack it was not my intent...

No problem, you guys answered my question. I guess hogs in VT is possible, though I really hope they don't move up this far.

VT, are you Jewish?

lol. No, I just know that a population of one more large hungry animal would make the local ecosystem devoid of food. Between the moose, deer, and turkey, we're cutting it close as it is.

I saw aphoto in the DEC office here in Fairbanks, Alaska of a guy with a feral hog that he killed incidentally while moose hunting in the Mat-Su valley in southcentral Alaska. I know of two reputable sources that have seen feral hogs outside of Fairbanks as well. Likely farm escapees. Last year a guy reported that there was a large group of feral hogs roaming through the Big Susitna Drainage south of Denali National Park. They're actually listed in the hunting regulations up here as deleterious exotic game. No season no limit. I doubt their survival rate is very high considering all the bears around here. That and it's -48 here today.

AK Jeff

if bear were a real threat to them we wouldn't have them here in east tn. i'm sure the bear kill a few though

Not many grizzlies in east TN last time I checked

We have hogs in southwest Wisconsin and can they do damage. Our cornfields get knocked down pretty good, alfalfa fields rutted up about 3-4 inches deep and the woods gets knocked down form them looking for acorns and the like. Just went out last weekend looking for sign after a snowfall and not a track to be seen. In the summer though they seem to be very active and strictly nocturnal. I'll try and attach a picture I took of them w/ my camera. Sorry tried picture but file to large.