The aggressive and often dangerous Cape bush pig causes thousands of rand worth of damage each year to fences, lands and even lambs in times of drought in the Eastern Cape.
Consequently it has been classified under the vermin list in terms of the Cape Game Ordinance and is hunted by hunters and their trained dogs. Many an Eastern Cape hunting hounds bears scars of a pig hunt and many are felled when a sow with young charges the pack, ripping bellies
