With 9 million wild pigs and counting, the swine bomb is coming, experts warn. Are we ready?
McNabb drew attention to Texas in particular, which has the largest wild hog problem. There are an estimated 1.5 million wild hogs in that state alone, with another half a million in Florida. States offer almost total freedom for hunters who have all the right licensing for their firearms and are acting within state gun laws otherwise, and some even offer traps.
There are similarities between wild hogs and populations of small wild cats in other nations. In both cases, a domesticated population can still have robust hybrid young with wild species, creating a new group that’s especially harmful to farmers. In the U.S.
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