Wildlife on the Joe Rogan Experience
7 fact-checked claims across 3 episodes · Sep 2020 to Jan 2025 · updated Jul 18, 2026
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Joe Rogan (4)
- Tim Kennedy (3)
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“You know what state has the largest population per capita of black bears in the country? Wyoming, Manhattan? New Jersey. No way. Yep, New Jersey. New Jersey. N…”
Rogan claims New Jersey has the largest per-capita black bear population of any US state.
“they're losing 10% to 15% of their agriculture every single year to wild pigs. Millions of dollars. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So if you have a $10 million ranch, you'r…”
Kennedy claims central Texas farms lose 10-15% of their agricultural output every year to wild pigs, illustrated as $1.5 million lost on a $10 million ranch.
“a sow can have like at the age of one it could start having three or four litters a year i think it's six months oh it's crazy i think they can start breeding …”
Kennedy claims feral sows can start breeding as young as six months old and produce three or four litters per year.
“Why when you have 5 billion pigs in Texas, why would you cook a nasty one or just go get a nice sweet one over there? And there's so many of them.”
The speaker states that Texas has 5 billion feral pigs.
“In San Francisco, it was like 50% of the problem cats that they caught, they found out their diet was pets. 50% of their diet was pets.”
Rogan claims a San Francisco study found that 50 percent of the diet of problem coyotes caught was pets.
“Brown bears have been extinct in California since the 1800s.”
Rogan claims brown bears (grizzlies) have been extinct in California since the 1800s.
“Think about how few people eat black bears. Yeah. But it's the number one source of trichinosis in America for people that test positive for it.”
Rogan claims black bears are the number one source of trichinosis infection in America among people who test positive.