Wild pigs found with blue-dyed meat in California. Why officials are issuing a warning
Wildlife officials said that more than one wild pig in the center of California was exposed to pesticide oath, which caused his texture to return to blue early this year.
In March, he reported a wildlife trap Blue muscle or oil found in wild pigs According to California Fish and Wildlife Department, in the Monterey district area, a driving distance of San Francisco about two and a half hours.
The CDFW’s wild life health laboratory then found a rodenticide feed known as anticoagulant -rodenticite diphasinone in the stomach and liver of one of the pigs. CDFW announced that the pigs were exposed to blue -painted diphasinon by consuming themselves or eating other animals that swallow them.
In March 2025, the Ministry of Fish and Wildlife of California reported blue muscle or fat observations found in wild pigs exposed to pesticide feed containing anticoagulant rodenticide diffhasinone.
It is unclear how many pigs were exposed, but CDFW Information Officer Krysten Kellum said that he was more than one to the Usa Today and that the health laboratory took only one example. Kellum added that the episode has not seen similar exposure reports in wild pigs since then.
Between 2021 and 2021, Kellum documented the exposure of rodenticitis from zero to 19 in 19 of the 30 -tested black month in California, one of the tested wild -tailed deer in California.
Kellum said in a statement, “We appreciate the reports from the hunters on the observations of the blue tissues and the other abnormalities in the wild game harvested.” He said. “These reports can help us by warning us against the potential impacts on the wild game and other wild lives that are not targets throughout the state.”
CDFW warns both pesticide users and wild life hunters
CDFW officials warned pesticide applicators to avoid applying rodisites in areas used by wildlife without the target of poisoning. In addition, they are encouraged to use unscrupulous feed stations and application methods for non -target species such as wild pigs.
CDFW also called for hunters to consider the risk of exposure of rodenticide in the wild life they hunt, and said that the blue color change may not always be present.
CDFW Pesticide Research Coordinator Ryan Bourbour, “Hunters, wild pigs, deer, bear and geese, such as game animals, such as the contamination of the meat should be aware of.” He said. Newsletter Published on 30 July.
Avcılar is encouraged to avoid consuming animals with blue texture and to report the extraordinary findings in the wildlife harvested to the cdfw’s wildlife health laboratory at whyab@wildlife.ca.ca.cov or (916) 358 – 2790.
This article was initially published on the Usa Today: California officials give warning after the blue painted meat in pigs
