<p>More than a thousand wild pigs were killed in an aerial shooting program in northern Queensland in June 2017, in a bid to protect native species and habitat from the predators.</p><p>The conservation project involved shooting feral pigs that the Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation said were destroying fields of bulkuru, an aquatic sedge or grass that is a source of habitat and food for magpie geece and other species found near Aurukun, Queensland.</p><p>According to the ABC,</a> feral pigs have also had a destructive impact on the local sea turtle population by digging up their eggs.</p><br />
