Herds of wild javelinas keep ripping apart an Arizona golf course despite its best efforts to stop them

• Wild javelinas have been digging up a picturesque Arizona golf course in search of food.
• The course's assistant superintendent has been documenting her battle with the beasts on social media.

Herds of wild javelinas keep ripping up the greens at an Arizona golf course, despite a groundkeeper's creative attempts to stop them.

Em Casey — the assistant superintendent of Seven Canyons Golf Club in Sedona, Arizona — has been documenting her weeks-long battle with the hairy, small, boar-like creatures on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

The herbivorous javelinas, also known as collared peccary, have been rampaging through the greens at night and digging up large swaths of the grass in an apparent quest for food, Golf Monthly reported.

The course is nestled in the Coconino National Forest, a habitat for javelinas, according to the US Forest Service.

"The javelina have been giving our team a hell of a time the last few weeks," Casey posted on X, alongside photos of the ripped-up course. She added that her team has spent 45 to 50 hours each week cleaning up the javelinas' messes.

But because javelinas are a protected species in Arizona and can only be hunted a few months out of the year, according to the state's game and fish department, Casey has had to get creative with her attempts at fighting off the troublemakers.

Earlier this month, Casey attempted to ward off the javelinas by covering a section of the course in super-spicy, 1-million-Scoville chili oil, according to a post she wrote on X.

The javelinas, however, appeared to be undeterred by the chili oil, returning again to dig up the course on Sunday, according to a post from Casey.

"Come along with me on my carnage (I mean course) check this morning," Casey wrote in Sunday's post. "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."