US EditionWild Pigs Are Turning Neon Blue in California—Here's Why
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In the United States, several blue-bred boars have been discovered in California since March 2025. Because of the risk of poisoning, the authorities recommend that hunters stop consuming wild boars.
Blue-bred boars discovered in California are of concern to the authorities. A popular poison used by farmers to control the population of small animals could explain this strange phenomenon.
Wild Pigs Are Turning Neon Blue in California—Here's Why
Somewhere in Monterey County, California, wild pigs’ insides are turning the kind of electric raspberry blue we generally find appetizing when it’s found in, say, a gummy worm or a Slurpee. It’s all because local pigs have been eating rat poison. According to the Los Angeles Times, wildlife control expert Dan Burton first noticed something off in March when he was processing pigs trapped near Salinas. Their muscle and fat weren’t pink or white; …
In California, a hunter killed wild boars with blue adipose tissue, which is behind the particular coloration of the tissue.
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