Wild pigs in California were exposed to a blue-dyed rodenticide, causing some of their tissue to turn blue.

The rodenticide, diphacinone, was likely ingested directly or indirectly through other poisoned animals.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) urges hunters to report any unusually colored game meat.

Wildlife officials said multiple wild pigs in central California were exposed to pesticide bait that caused their tissue to turn blue earlier this year.

In March, a wildlife trapper reported blue muscle or fat discovered in wild pigs in the Monterey County area, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The CDFW's Wildlife Health Lab later found a rodenticide bait, known as anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone, in the stomach and liver of one of

See Full Page