California wildlife officials have issued a warning after wild pigs were found with blue-dyed tissue, indicating they had ingested rat poison. Lab tests confirmed the presence of the rodenticide ...

When wildlife trapper Dan Burton opened several wild pigs in southern Monterey County this March, he confronted a jarring sight that would trigger statewide health warnings. The meat and fat glowed an ...

Californian authorities have issued warnings after trappers once again reported finding wild pigs with “bright blue” flesh. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said it had received reports ...

Wildlife officials said multiple wild pigs in central California were exposed to pesticide bait that caused their tissue to turn blue earlier this year. In March, a wildlife trapper reported blue ...

Diphacinone was largely banned in California in 2024, but can still be used in certain situations. California’s wild pigs are turning blue from the inside out. The disconcerting discovery isn’t due to ...

Wild pigs found to have blue meat and fat show signs of having eaten rat poison, California wildlife officials warned. In March, a wildlife trapper reported discovering the dyed tissue in wild pigs ...

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside. “I’m not talking ...

Swarms of wild pigs in California developed blue flesh after ingesting pesticides containing rat poison — and officials warned other common game animals may also be infected. The feral hogs in ...

In his revered 1917 poem “The Wild Swans at Coole,” Irish writer William Butler Yeats describes the fabled birds as brilliant ...