Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 3/29/21


The most popular way to eradicate wild hogs is to shoot them, whether on gaming ranches, in the wild, or from the door of a helicopter. But hunting has done little to stem the estimated 6 million to 9 million hogs running wild across at least 42 states and three territories, as Stephen R. Miller writes in FERN’s latest story, produced in collaboration with National Geographic. “The exact number is difficult to pin down, and the estimated cost of the damage they cause — probably about $2.5 billion annually, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture — is likely an underestimate,” he writes.

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