Hawaiian Feral Pig Notes

Model:

• 3D model: possibly VP1358 (domestic pig, unjointed)
• it would take some amount of effort to make the pig more like a wild boar, to make it jointed/boned and and to add textures, then we would need to give it motion..
• 99.02.26:
  • current model is pig17.max, 4210 faces
  • has a good texture map derived from actual reference images

Data sources:

• reference images: acquired 4 from commercial stock photo service Photo Resource Hawai‘i
• possible motion source: Life Forms from Credo Interactive
  • Credo's Animania! has pig motion, possibly could use it, presuming wild and domestic pigs run the same way (likely)

Background:

• "The first introduction was the small pig the Polynesians brought with them. It is not thought to have ranged to more than 3,000 feet and is not thought to have caused great damage. However, when the larger domestic pig ran wild after its introduction by Europeans, the two hybridized, and the resulting larger feral pig ranges higher and does much more damage."
• pictures of pig damage
  • at bottom of a page on the rainforest zone
  • at the Hawai‘i DLNR page for alien species
• need more pictures of the pig itself, though its easy to find pictures of the europear wild boar
• Feral pig issues in Hawai‘i are complicated, involving ecology, animal rights and hunting interests
• excellent, long article on The Pig War
• eats nearly anything - lobelias, tree ferns, seasonally abundant carbohydrate source from non-native strawberry guava and much protein intake from non-native earthworms
• a large boar might go well over 200 lbs. and sport over 3" tusk
• potential references
  • Baker, J.K. (1976). The feral pig problem in Hawai‘i National Parks. Proceedings on the Forest Conference on Scientific Research in National Parks, pp 365-7. New orleans: Louisiana.
  • Cooray, R.G.; Mueller-Dombrious, D. (1981). Feral pig activity. In "Island ecosystems: Biological organisation in selected Hawaiian communities". Mueller-Dombois, D.; Bridges, K.W.; Carson, H.L. (eds). 309-319. Stroudsburg, PA. Hutchinson Ross.
  • Mueller-Dombois, D.; Bridges, K.W.; Carson, H.L. (eds). (1981). "Island ecosystems: Biological organisation in selected Hawaiian communities". Stroudsburg, PA. Hutchinson Ross.
  • Ralph C.J.; Maxwell, R.D. (1984). Relative effects of human and feral hog disturbance on a wet forest in Hawai‘i. Biological Conservation 30, 291-303.
  • Stone, C.P.; Loope, L.L. (1987). Reducing negative effects of introduced animals on native biotas in Hawai‘i: what is being done, what needs doing, and the role of national parks. Environmental Conservation 14, 245-258.
  • Stone C.P.; Anderson S.J. (1988). Introduced mammals in Hawaii's natural areas. Proceedings of the 13th Vertebrate Pest Conference, Monteray, California, 134-140. University of California: Davis.