WHEREAS Siberian wild boars are multiplying at an alarming rate, not only within Moose Mountain Provincial Park, but throughout Saskatchewan; and 

WHEREAS these animals are very destructive and disruptive animals, and are proving to be almost impossible to contain by the land owners and local hunters who are trying to eradicate them; and 

WHEREAS the financial burden to the land owner whose property they are destroying, as well as those who are trying to eradicate them has become astronomical; and 

WHEREAS jurisdictions around the world who have ignored these animals and allowed their numbers to grow, are now faced with a monstrous problem to deal with; and 

WHEREAS a minimum of 67 rural municipalities in Saskatchewan have reported wild boar problems; 

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby the Provincial Government to declare a moratorium on the raising of Siberian wild boar in Saskatchewan and to increase efforts to eradicate those living in the wild.  

Response from Honourable Bob Bjornerud, Minister of Agriculture:

The Ministry of Agriculture will explore your resolution on wild boar. The Ministry is also prepared to work with domestic wild boar producers, and review educational and regulatory approaches with a view to preventing wild boar escapes.