AR-News: (US)Hog wild in Texas

[Animalconcerns]

[from Washington Times]

Texas is hogtied. Wild pigs are closing in on other states, too.

The Lone Star State is grappling with the nation's largest population of
feral pigs — squealing, rooting hordes of hogs that can destroy farmland
and wildlife habitats, sully public parks, attack pets and domestic
animals, and spread diseases such as tuberculosis and even anthrax to farm
animals. 
...
The pig problem has gotten so rampant that the Texas Health Commission and
other state health departments stage regular "Feral Swine Symposiums" for
ranchers and animal-behavior, forestry and conservation specialists.
...
None of this goes over well with Virginia-based People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, (PETA) which has protested feral-pig hunting or
public "hot dog" hunts — which pit a pig against a dog — for years,
calling the practices "outrageous" and blaming the problem on "human
irresponsibility."

Three years ago, PETA filed a protest with a San Antonio city golf course
that allowed an employee to kill four feral pigs caught in traps along the
fairway. The employee eventually was fired after a court battle, "sending
a powerful message to the community that the inhumane killing of wild pigs
is not acceptable," according to PETA. 

full story:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040412-123911-4742r.htm

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