70 million years of evolution. Thousands of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Introduced pigs, goats, deer and sheep roaming freely over public lands. More than 265 extinctions and counting.

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Oregon and Kansas Serious About Feral Pig Control. Statesman-Journal, October 28, 2007.

Hunters Hit Conservancy. Star-Bulletin, September 1, 2007. Public hunting is not an effective method of animal control in Hawai'i, nor does it provide needed information about the animals that a professional organization can offer. TNC is serious about preserving what is left of Moloka'i's best watershed. See also Make Hunting Pono.

Make Hunting Pono. Star-Bulletin, June 24, 2007. Hawai'i's game program as currently operated has limitless cost to taxpayers and is a barrier to conservation.

Part 1 of 2. Wildlife in the Garden. Star-Bulletin, August 11, 2006. An overview of the many environmental problems caused by free-roaming pigs, goats, sheep and deer in the island environment.

Part 2 of 2. Alien Invasion. Star-Bulletin, August 13, 2006. Fencing the Game Management Areas may be the only way to protect our natural resources from ongoing degradation.

After 7 Years, Forest on Maui Finally Fenced in. Honolulu Advertiser, May 11, 2006. Good, but let's move toward fencing the animals in next time...

Fence Goes Up to Protect Rain Forest. Maui News, May 9, 2006. Includes information on how goats and deer cross fences. Why not fence the animals in, in areas away from the native forest! More will be protected and there will be a buffer zone for escaped animals.

Feral Pigs Descend on Manoa Neighborhood. Honolulu Advertiser, April 14, 2006.

Feral Pigs Spreading Across Oregon The Oregonian, May 31, 2006

Quick Spread of Feral Pigs Threatens Crops in Oregon The Oregonian, May 3, 2006

With Knives and Arrows, Hunters Control Feral Pigs. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 4, 2003.

Link to published information on axis deer. Reference list compiled by Steven B. Anderson.

Feral Pig Control is Effective in Reducing Mosquito Populations. Abstract from conference presentation by Dr. Carter Atkinson.

Habitat Management and Vector Control: Prospects for Managing Avian Disease in Hawaiian Forest Birds. Abstract from conference presentation by Dr. Carter Atkinson.

Feral Pigs Wrecking Tantalus Ecology. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 25, 2002. It isn't just remote areas that are damaged by feral game mammals. They're trashing the islands, period. People's yards, agricultural lands, native areas, the list goes on.

Wild Pigs Invade Neighborhoods. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 21, 2001.

Groups Urge Maui Country to Control Axis Deer. Honolulu Advertiser, August 25, 2001.

Book Out on Invasive Species in Hawaii, a Jan TenBruggencate column on the 2001 publication written by Hawai`i scientists.

Rare Species. Hawaii 2000 newsbrief, Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Feral Pigs Rearranged the Food Web. Report on the Channel Islands. Science Daily, 12/20/01.

Restoring Endangered Species in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. "The park's protection strategy is to strengthen the native ecosystem by removing alien species, beginning first with ungulates. [hoofed mammals]"

Environment. From Hawaii Business, 2000. An increasing number of businesses are discovering that saving the rainforest makes good economic sense.

Oregon recognizes and controls feral pigs. In that state, feral pigs are known as a "menacing problem." (They're a menacing problem in Hawai`i too.)

The Pig War. From The Atlantic Monthly, 1985. "The school system lets us down badly. The local schools don't teach Hawaiian natural history. We have a huge education effort at hand. We've got to manage the resource and educate people as to why. There's a lot of misunderstanding on why we manage the park as we do." (In 2002, the fight is the same, but there's less intact native area to be saved. -- RH)

Alien Species in Hawaii. This web site gives a good overview of the problems with alient plants and animals in Hawai`i in a short, easy-to-understand format.

Residents and tourists put preserving natural areas first This July 3, 2001 Star-Bulletin article describes a survey by the Sustainable Tourism and Environment Program at the UH Travel Industry Management school.

The Hawaiian Rainforest Don Chapman describes what it's like to walk in a Hawaiian rainforest, and what pigs can do to them: "Just outside of Waikamoi, which has been cleansed of pigs with elaborate fencing and the help of hunters, White stopped beside a cleared area in the forest, 15 yards square, with deep furrows as if it had been recently worked over by a giant rototiller."

Forest Policy - The World List Of Threatened Trees Scroll down about half a page to "US CR species (Hawaii)." This list of Hawaiian plants includes discusses their habitat and the causes for their decline. Notice that almost in almost every instance, feral mammals are the primary threat.

Hawaii Animal Imports Discusses the impacts introduced plants and animals are having on native species.

Feral Pig Workshop Australia takes its feral pig problem seriously. Information on how pigs harm the environment in a place outside Hawaii. Scroll to the top of the page to read about their CRC for Biological Control of Pest Animals.

Saving the Aina (4/25/96) Landowners want to control wild animals and hunters want enough game.

Ousting Alien Species Saves Pristine Lands (4/25/96) The scientists say keeping the animals out is the key to protecting birds and plants.

Mililani hunts ways to end dog attacks (12/14/99) In this interesting article, a hunter asks, "Which would you rather have, wild pigs coming out of the mountains or wild dogs?" The hunters and members of PETA who are up in arms about the cruelty of snaring should take a close look at this article, which describes pig-hunting dogs tearing another dog apart. Presumably this is the same thing they do to the pigs.

Losing Paradise (5/26/98) A report presents both problems and solutions for 25 natural state hot spots.

Team hopes to save Kauai ecosystem (1/2/97) Land managers will fence nine bogs in Alakai Swamp.

10 native plants added to endangered species list (9/4/99) Decreased native habitat has swelled Hawaii's share of endangered species to more than a third of all such species in the U.S.

Impact of Alien Plants on Hawai‘i's Native Biota (1998) Scientific paper. Introduced or "alien" plants are one of the most serious threats to the islands, one that is aided and abetted by feral animals.

Bad Actors: MAMMALS--$25 BILLION Scientific American piece on feral mammals, the damage they do and the associated costs.