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America is facing 'time-bomb' explosion of millions of 'super pigs' that can reproduce at just three months old, grow up to 400lbs and destroy thousands of square miles of farms and livestock
UK Daily Mail ^ | September 22, 2020 | James Gordon

Posted on 09/22/2020 5:55:34 AM PDT by C19fan

The United States is on the cusp of a huge pig 'time bomb' with the number feral hogs increasing in huge numbers.

Research scientist Dr. Jack Mayer, a zoologist who has been researching wild pigs for 40 years, has warned that the population could keep on growing unless there is a sudden swine flu epidemic.

'It's a crazy situation with everything that's happened in what I call the Pig Bomb, which has exploded in North America,' Jack Mayer told The Daily Beast about the wild population of six million and two million in Texas alone.

Florida, Georgia, and California also have vast populations.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agriculture; pigs
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To: EEGator

Most consider them very good eating if they are still under 100 pounds.

Organized drives and hunts are the only way to try to slow them down, imo. I’ve seen the damage they can do on our old family place in central-west Texas.

They dug trenches 2 feet deep overnight there.


81 posted on 09/22/2020 7:03:28 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: moovova

“ It’s the 400 lb rats I’m worried about...”

I hear they taste like chicken.


82 posted on 09/22/2020 7:04:38 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: SaxxonWoods

They should allow them to kill as many as they can.
Maybe donate some meat to the needy.
Help two problems at the same time.


83 posted on 09/22/2020 7:04:50 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Pollard

Would appear they are castrating before releasing the boars.

https://www.scenicviewhunting.com/wild-hogs


84 posted on 09/22/2020 7:05:51 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: piasa

Um... you are talking about pigs, right?! :)


85 posted on 09/22/2020 7:06:43 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: bk1000
“ It’s the 400 lb rats I’m worried about...”


86 posted on 09/22/2020 7:07:02 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: FLT-bird

“The solution is simple. Year round hunting season. No bag limit.”

That’s been the case in Texas for some time. They are still increasing in numbers.


87 posted on 09/22/2020 7:07:15 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: C19fan

Ted Nugent hunts them from a helicopter with a FA rifle.
I’m in.


88 posted on 09/22/2020 7:09:07 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: EEGator

There’s no limit on them. Years ago, one county tried a $20 bounty, bring in an ear. They ran out of money in about a month and had to close the program.


89 posted on 09/22/2020 7:10:47 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

LOL, motivation helps. :)


90 posted on 09/22/2020 7:15:58 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: C19fan

Eat more pork.


91 posted on 09/22/2020 7:18:19 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: C19fan

Break out the AR’s and head to TX.


92 posted on 09/22/2020 7:19:27 AM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: airborne

I like the pigs that eat buckeyes. Interesting flavor in the meat.


93 posted on 09/22/2020 7:20:08 AM PDT by jetson (chiwowa)
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To: C19fan
Is this satire? They're talking about democRATs, yes?

If not, then take the cuffs off hunters. In my state, one has to file for permits to hunt at night, etc.

94 posted on 09/22/2020 7:23:36 AM PDT by LouAvul (The wheels of America are coming off and the media have stolen the lug nuts.)
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95 posted on 09/22/2020 7:25:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PeterPrinciple

They need to get all the males to reduce if herds if they are going to castrate.

It’s the females they need to kill off.


96 posted on 09/22/2020 7:34:10 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: C19fan

AR-15 - The right tool at the right time...


97 posted on 09/22/2020 7:37:21 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: AppyPappy

They escape from corporate pig farms around here. They go feral in very short order.


98 posted on 09/22/2020 7:38:32 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angles will sing for me)
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To: C19fan

One of our younger male relatives, is an incredible archery hunter.

He has harvested Elk, Deer, wild turkey and wild pigs with his hunting skills and new age archery gear.

After his last kid finishes college in a few years, he would like to take early retirement and become a professional, so called wild pig hunter.

He and we have some friends who would hire him now with new pig invasions tearing up gardens, yards and just the grounds.


99 posted on 09/22/2020 7:40:56 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (3 NOV 2020! FOR JOBS! NOT RIOTING BLM/ANTIFA/DEM/MOBS! /POLICE FOR US! NOT JUST FOR THE ELITE!)
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To: C19fan

Are they edible?

OPEN SEASON!


100 posted on 09/22/2020 7:42:45 AM PDT by karnage
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