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Field safety and responsible reporting
What to record, how to avoid disturbing pigs, and where to check the rules.
If you see a pig or signs of activity
- Keep your distance. Do not approach, chase, feed or attempt to move the animal.
- Record the location and observation time. Note how many animals you saw and whether the evidence was a sighting, tracks or another sign.
- Take photographs only if you can do so without approaching or disturbing animals.
- Use the official reporting channel. You can also add a report to this community map.
Identification: report uncertainty honestly
Québec's identification guide describes a long, narrow snout, upright hairy ears and a straight tail; young boar may have pale horizontal stripes. Domestic breeds and hybrids can look different. Appearance or a single track is not enough to establish ownership or legal status. Report what you observed and explain any uncertainty.
Québec identification guide and signs of activity
Help prevent disease spread
Clean boots, clothing and equipment after contact with wild pigs or their habitat. CFIA advises hunters and harvesters to avoid contact with pigs or pig farms for 14 days after hunting or harvesting. Follow its current cleaning, travel and reporting guidance.
CFIA: wild pig disease awareness · CFIA: travelling-hunter biosecurity
Before hunting or control
Read the province-specific rules first. Invasive-species status does not by itself permit hunting. A map location does not grant access to private property. Ask the responsible authority about permits, protected areas, local firearm restrictions and coordinated removal.
Leave sick or dead animals undisturbed and report them promptly through the appropriate authority. Do not diagnose disease from a photograph or handle a carcass to confirm a sighting.