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Part II: Species Accountsknown to offer the meat of wild pigs on their menu. The price for
bushmeat in 2006 was double that of domestic pigs (Meijaard
et al. 2011).
Occasionally live wild piglets are traded as well (Figure 17.2).
Palawan bearded pigs were reported to be kept as pets within the
province, or, similar to domestic pigs, were raised to adult size
and then slaughtered.
Domestic pigs often roam freely in wild pig habitats, and
recently Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs were introduced intoan area in northern Palawan. Hybridization with domestic
pigs is known to be a problem with other Philippine wild pigs
(Oliver 1995), but it is not known if this has already occurred
in Palawan.Status in Captivity
The species is kept in few private collections and rescue centres
in the Philippines. No information is available on successful
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