Arabia Weather - As night fell on one of the most wonderful golf courses in the United States, animals were lurking on the course. As the Arizona sun rose over Seven Canyons Golf Course in the morning, it revealed traces of vandalism on the 7,000-yard green.
A group of peccaries, similar to pigs and equipped with incisor teeth, have caused chaos in the US town of Sedona before. These are the same animals that damaged the Seven Canyons Golf Course, turning it into a battlefield.
Peccaries are common in desert areas, where their diet includes eating grasses such as cacti, bulbs and other plants, but they also feed on garbage, insects and worms.
In exclusive statements to CNN, Dave Bisbee, general manager of Seven Canyons Golf Course, said of the animals: “When you come across them and see them, they are like the Tasmanian devil.”
Come along with me on my carnage (I mean course) check this morning. What should be one of the most beautiful golf courses in the country is being destroyed by herds of javelina. If anyone has a contact in AZ state govt that can help us find a solution please pass it along. pic.twitter.com/XftywHtVCf
— Em Casey (@emcaseyturf) October 22, 2023
The general manager of Seven Canyons Golf Course described the state of the course: “There's grass flying everywhere, like a battlefield. For being such small creatures, they do a lot of damage. They can plow through the grass with those teeth... It's really annoying.” When you see him."
Although the general manager of Seven Canyons Golf Course has had to deal with peccaries six or seven times during his two-decade tenure at the course, the period without a single drop of rainwater between May and August has been on the rise. In the activity of peccaries.
According to a CNN report, the golf club is expected to spend between $150,000 and $300,000 on labor costs by the time the peccaries return. The general manager estimates that an additional $50,000 to $75,000 will be spent on additional seeds, turf growth covers, and other restoration equipment.
Source: cnn
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