Australia’s most populous state has for the first time appointed a feral pig “tsar” in a battle to eradicate huge numbers of the animals as their population booms after three years of plentiful rain.
Bec Gray, whose official title is State Feral Pig Coordinator, has a budget of A$13 million (£7 million) and aims to eliminate 87,000 wild hogs in New South Wales in the next eight months.
