"Super Pigs," hybrids between European wild boars and domestic pigs, are headed south into the United States from Canada.

In the late 1980s, wild boar were brought to Canada to diversify livestock and increase pork production. The boars procreated with domestic pigs, and the result was the rapidly reproducing Super Pig.

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Called the “most invasive large mammal on the planet,” the jumbo-sized pigs have multiplied by the thousands in the Saskatchewan wilderness and are headed across the border.

Dr. Ryan Brook has studied feral swine for over a decade. He says the hybrid Super Pigs reap “the benefits of thick warm fur, long legs, big long nose with razor sharp tusks” from boars, along with a “large body size and very high reproductive output.” They are also "incredibly intelligent, highly adaptable, and difficult to eradicate."

When the Canadian pork market collapsed in 2001, many pigs escaped captivity. At first, officials assumed that the winters would freeze them to death, but they adapted instead. By nestling under snow, the swine created “Pigloos.” They now occupy hundreds of thousands of square miles, larger than a tiny country.

As the pigs head toward the northern U.S. border states, officials fear diseases they carry will spread, such as E. coli and salmonella.

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No solution is set to eradicate the invasive species. Large traps have had some success, while hunting has had only a 2%-3% success rate. However, it makes the pigs even more nocturnal and harder to find.

With the pigs' pending encroachment at the border, Tamara Heidebrink, a lifetime cattle farmer in Oregon, has concerns. "Any invasive species to crops and/or livestock should be aggressively dealt with by USDA, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other government agencies,” Heidebrink told the Washington Examiner. “Human value and livelihood is worth far more than wild boar."