'Like the work of a small bulldozer': 6 Wild boars feast on, and destroy, Geyserville school grounds. $150K in damages

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/geyserville-school-wild-boars-pigs/






https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13775089/wild-beast-california-school-damage-chaos.html



https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/feral-pigs-destroy-bay-area-school-grounds-19667392.php

The evidence surrounded the entire perimeter of Geyserville New Tech Academy in northern Sonoma County last week: wayward clumps of dirt and grass strewn all over the campus, dug-up holes in the ground over 6 inches deep, and yellow caution tape barricading the whole mess.


So far, the culprits have evaded authorities. “But we caught six on our surveillance cameras,” Geyserville Unified School District Superintendent Deborah Bertolucci told SFGATE. She's referring to the wild band of feral pigs — two adults, four juveniles — that have torn their way through the school grounds like a tornado, leading to over $150,000 in damages, as the Press Democrat first reported.

“At first, I thought my maintenance crew was doing repairs on our sprinklers,” Bertolucci said. “Then I realized, ‘Oh no, it’s the pigs.’ It’s crazy.”

It’s not the first time the invasive species’ presence has plagued the combined middle and high school. Last year, the wild pigs destroyed its soccer, baseball and softball fields, which “caused a lot of chaos with our sports programs,” Bertolucci said. School officials responded by erecting $50,000 worth of new chain-link fences around the property to keep out the intruders and called in a field repair company to restore the turf.