9,500 feral pigs killed to protect sea turtles

South Australia’s government enlisted two sharpshooters to control the crisis on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula, where feral pigs are decimating sea turtle numbers. The remote Cape York beaches are the nesting place for about five species of turtle some of which are endangered. And there have been reports that in some rookeries every nest of eggs has been eaten by feral pigs.According to the Courier-Mail, the two helicopter-mounted marksmen killed 9,500 feral pigs in just s