{"id":2385,"date":"2026-05-20T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:25:11","slug":"mutant-super-pigs-breeding-at-uncontrollable-levels-in-nuclear-fallout-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=2385","title":{"rendered":"Mutant &#8216;super pigs&#8217; breeding at uncontrollable levels in nuclear fallout zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_93f611\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Boffins from Fukushima and Hirosaki Universities have warned a new breed of swine is growing out of control after domestic pigs mixed with wild boars<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37180857\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wild pigs are roving the area \" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180857.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180857.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180857.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180857.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Wild pigs are roving the area \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Wild pigs are roving the area <cite aria-label=\"Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A population of mutant &#8216;super pigs&#8217; is spiralling out of control due to cross breeding in a nuclear ghost town. Wild boars have interloped with domestic pigs creating new rapid fire reproduction rates in the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/animals\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">animals<\/a>, which used to give birth just once a year.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The new mass breeding has been reported in Fukushima, Japan. Nearly 200,000 people <a aria-label=\"fled the now-abandoned areaLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/nuclear-disaster-mystery-something-eating-36851470\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">fled the now-abandoned area<\/a> in 2011 to escape radiation from the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The devastating accident <a aria-label=\"occurred when a mammothLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/new-horror-fukushima-footage-shows-36896921\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">occurred when a mammoth<\/a> 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami damaged three of the nuclear facilities reactors, which led to the leakage of dangerous materials.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37180861\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37180861\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The 2011 nuclear disaster devastated Japan\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180861.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Japan-Earthquake-March-2011.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180861.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Japan-Earthquake-March-2011.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180861.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Japan-Earthquake-March-2011.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180861.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Japan-Earthquake-March-2011.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The 2011 nuclear disaster devastated Japan\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The 2011 nuclear disaster devastated Japan<cite aria-label=\"Image: DigitalGlobe via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the chaos, domesticated pigs escaped their homes and began interbreeding with feral boars in abandoned farmlands. The mixing of hog genes combined with the radiation-filled ghost town created a massive population of pigs with alarming breeding capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The new DNA was discovered by boffins from Fukushima and Hirosaki Universities. \u201cWhile it has been previously suggested that hybridization between rewilded swine and wild boars can contribute to population growth, this study demonstrates \u2013 through the analysis of a large-scale hybridization event following the Fukushima nuclear accident \u2013 that the rapid reproductive cycle of domestic swine is inherited through the maternal lineage,\u201d Professor Shingo Kaneko of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/english.adb.fukushima-u.ac.jp\/news\/2026\/02\/014796.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Fukushima University said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Wild boars typically reproduce in once a year but domesticated pigs can breed all year round. The mix of genealogy means the wild boar are breeding constantly.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37180859\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37180859\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Traps have been set for the pigs\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180859.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Radioactive-wild-boars-roaming-around-evacuated-town-in-Fukushima.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180859.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Radioactive-wild-boars-roaming-around-evacuated-town-in-Fukushima.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180859.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Radioactive-wild-boars-roaming-around-evacuated-town-in-Fukushima.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180859.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Radioactive-wild-boars-roaming-around-evacuated-town-in-Fukushima.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Traps have been set for the pigs\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Traps have been set for the pigs<cite aria-label=\"Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe wish to emphasize that this mechanism likely occurs in other regions worldwide where feral pigs and wild boars interbreed,\u201d Hirosaki University geneticist Donovan Anderson added in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It comes as a giant seven foot pig man was reportedly spotted in Britain&#8217;s countryside. In February, a <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/weird-news\/bigfoot-hunters-closing-solving-mystery-36329766\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">flurry of gruesome glimpses of horror creatures<\/a> were reported in the area of Cannock Chase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Professional ghosthunter Robert Pulme claimed: &#8220;This beast is said to be one of Britain&#8217;s eeriest urban legends. Spoken about in the past but it has not been until this year that we have had a sighting of him.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37180860\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37180860\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.33\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The area has been abandoned by humans\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180860.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_TOPSHOT-JAPAN-QUAKE.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180860.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_TOPSHOT-JAPAN-QUAKE.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180860.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_TOPSHOT-JAPAN-QUAKE.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37180860.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_TOPSHOT-JAPAN-QUAKE.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The area has been abandoned by humans\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The area has been abandoned by humans<cite aria-label=\"Image: AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It just shows that what all of us paranormal hunters are saying is correct, things are heating up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The pigman is terrifying. Standing at least seven foot tall, he has the head of a pig and the body of the man and is said to be the result of mad science experiments from decades gone by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Many believe he is the product of twisted World War II experiments, possibly involving early genetic modification, who has been lying dormant for all this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;If sightings are up for ghosts and demons and Bigfoot in the area, then maybe it is making the other beasts that lie within Cannock Chase a bit more brave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Maybe they are coming out to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boffins from Fukushima and Hirosaki Universities have warned a new breed of swine is growing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg",1200,674,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-768x431.jpg",640,359,true],"large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-1024x575.jpg",640,359,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg",1200,674,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima.jpg",1200,674,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-1115x674.jpg",1115,674,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-800x500.jpg",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-1024x575.jpg",1024,575,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-540x340.jpg",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Scenes-From-the-Evacuation-Zone-Five-Years-on-in-Fukushima-400x250.jpg",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}