SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah House has approved a bill that allows people to shoot wild pigs in order to reduce their population and limit the damage the swine do to agriculture. The House voted ...

20 MILES SOUTH OF ST. GEORGE — Hunters in southern Utah have discovered a new sport: crossing the border into northern Arizona and using packs of dogs to track down wild pigs.

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 ...

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.

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

Feral swine damage pastureland, 2013. USDA/Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Feral hogs, also known as razorbacks, are descendants of escaped or released farm pigs, first brought to the U.S. in ...

Hunting wild hogs is a popular sport among hunters, as well as a population control method supported by wildlife agencies. The hog meat is a viable food source, though you need to be careful with it.

Feral hogs also strongly compete with native species such as deer and turkey for food and territory. Pigs are omnivores, meaning they consume a variety of vegetation, insects, reptiles, eggs, and ...

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 ...