Posted on 02/26/2010 7:44:53 AM PST by JoeProBono
PLANTATION, Fla.- Officials in a Florida town are refusing to take action against a pack of wild hogs living in an affluent neighborhood, homeowners say.
Residents of Plantation Acres, which prides itself on being a "horse community," say the feral animals are ruining their expensive landscaping, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.
"They really make a mess," says Nick Perris of the local homeowner's association. "They can eat through a lot of vegetation."
One resident hired an animal removal service to relocate the hogs but so far their trapper has been unable to catch any of them.
"They've come to my house 11 times since mid-December," says Kevin Lerner. "I replaced the lawns in sections they tore up but they keep coming back."
The city of Plantation refuses to intervene in the matter and police say the hogs are just a nuisance like a rodent.
"But a rodent doesn't weight 150 pounds," Lerner says.
This isn’t another Tiger Woods story is it?
Sausage, yummm!
Someone should trap a bunch of them and release them in the Washington, D.C. and/or White House area overnight and see what the authorities do about them. More than likely they’ll have them shot.
Oh, those kind. I was thinking these kind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMH_igxdxA&feature=related
Just get a suppressed .308 rifle and some ammo loaded with 165 grain Hornady SSTs - problem solved.
Really, folks, it’s not complicated.
here’s a thought for those who move into areas down here.
If you move then do not get pissed off that a deer, a bear, etc walks across your gated community.
We had a bear living at the back of us and all the locals here never minded but no they built these million dollar 4 miles up the road from us ,
Anyway the snotty nosed yankess who moved down here wasn’t content on knocking down acres upon acres of land for the 3,500 sq ft homes to 5,000sq ft homes so they wanted the county , for us to pay for a new school for them because they felt their kids shoiuldnto go to school wit our kids, they then asked for a fire station near them in case of a fire.
But then they said kill the bear what has lived here for year and had a cub, they then had the deers killed, the bear killed and the wild hogs killed.
tough the hogs were there first so if they don’t like it then piss off to where they came from
30.06 - works everytime...
The residents should claim that the wild hogs interfere with the free worship of their Islamic faith. Obama would have a clean up crew down there in no time.
What is this? The boaring news?
Oh, that’s rich.
here’s a thought for those who move into areas down here.
If you move then do not get pissed off that a deer, a bear, etc walks across your gated community.
We had a bear living at the back of us and all the locals here never minded but no, they built these million dollar 4 miles up the road from us ,
Anyway the snotty nosed yankees who moved down here wasn’t content on knocking down acres upon acres of land for the 3,500 sq ft homes to 5,000sq ft homes so they wanted the county , for us to pay for a new school for them because they felt their kids should not go to school with our kids
They then asked for a fire station near them in case of a fire. Then they said kill the bear what has lived here for year and had a cub, they then had the deers killed, the bear killed and the wild hogs killed.
tough the hogs were there first so if they don’t like it then piss off to where they came from and take your grass with you and your no character ,manicured , all look the same crap homes with you
I’ll tell you what, this is where some Pitbulls become useful.
Feral hogs are nasty!!! But they do taste good smoked.
I heard they were Canadian Hogs who migrated to Florida because they were denied veterinary care. They obviously are Canadian. From where else would we get Canadian Bacon?
What is wrong with these people? They have all kinds of money and still expect the government to take care of them.
LOL! Just bought a box of Hornaday 9MM LUGER 115 gr FTX for my KAHR.
several things about this article stand out...home owners assc.!?!? Biggest bunch of whining nazis there is. Why no contract hunters? And last its Broward county Fla so who cares?!
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