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Wild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island Foxes
Channel Islands, CA - The Channel Islands off the California coast are home to 145 species of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. On Santa Cruz island, non-native feral pigs may be pushing the island's unique and endangered foxes to the brink of extinction. Now the island's managers are pushing back.
The nonprofit Nature Conservancy owns 76 percent of Santa Cruz Island. The National Park Service owns the rest. Together the agencies have crafted an island management plan that calls for an end to the pigs' tenure in paradise.