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Values |
Impacts |
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Source of food (i.e., small populations need to be
maintained in some areas) |
Pigs provide a food source for local Jawoyn people.
Feral animals such as pigs do not have the same strict harvesting and
distribution protocols as do native animals hunted in Jawoyn territories, which
makes pigs a desirable food source for Jawoyn hunters who are uncertain about
protocols required for specific species or places or who wish to minimize
conflict when sharing meat with family and community members.
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Source of income (i.e., there is a desire to retain substantial numbers of pigs
in some areas for commercial opportunities) |
A few Indigenous people are employed in pig
control activities or wish to pursue this as an employment opportunity.
Some income is generated from Indigenous participation in commercial
hunting or harvesting ventures.
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Tourism (tourists enjoy seeing pigs, but some
tourist sites are very damaged by wallows) |
There have been positive reports from tourists about pig sightings
on roads in savanna woodlands; these can lead to denied requests for permission to
pursue recreational pig hunting. There have also been negative reports from tourists
about pig sign and sightings because of concern about environmental and aesthetic
impacts.
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Impacts on specific species and
places |
Feral pigs reduce the abundance of native yam and
freshwater turtle in waterholes and swamps, which are valued food sources. Pig
wallows silt up waterholes and create erosion gullys in riverine
habitats. There is concern about the spread of weeds caused by pigs moving
through the savanna. There is high concern that local disturbance at a local sacred site
near one waterhole would cause catastrophic consequences to sites and resources
that connect this sacred site to other ecological and sacred features and
resources in Jawoyn territories.
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