Numbering in the millions and growing – the United States has a feral hog problem. Also known as wild boars, these dangerous ...

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — The state needs the help of trappers to put a dent in the feral hog population. Trapping feral hogs ...

Still, Montana has officially remained wild pig free, though Zaluski says North Dakota, Colorado, and Utah have documented feral hogs as recently as 2018. “If guys get feral swine in Wyoming, they’re ...

These non-native animals are more than just a nuisance; they pose a significant biological and environmental threat.

To combat the rise in hogs, the USDA launched its so-called National Feral Swine Damage Program in 2014, using a “diversity of tactics” to manage hog populations depending on their location ...

Feral hogs—or wild pigs, wild boar, feral swine, or razorbacks—aren’t new to the US; by some accounts, they arrived in the 1500s, shipped in by Spanish colonizers as a mobile meat source.

Worldwide, though, Mayer found that feral hogs killed 172 people between 2000 and 2019. Most of the attacks are defensive, he said, and happen when, "for whatever reason, they feel threatened." ...

Feral hog mitigation is complicated, in part because research indicates feral pigs are compensatory breeders, like coyotes. Basically, the more feral hogs you kill, the more they reproduce. It’s hard ...

When Adam Kirschenbaum checked his Ring camera video this weekend – he was startled to see a passel of wild hogs marching across his cul-de-sac.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather ...