I’ve blogged about this topic before, but a recent article in the Chesapeake Bay Journal warns of the coming damage to the environment and our agricultural industry if something is not done about feral pigs now.  The problem is that nobody seems to be listening.  It is time for state and federal wildlife agencies to take serious measures to control or elimate these destructive exotics.  Hunters, in particular, could be the heros in this saga should they be allowed to hunt this species to extinction.  Every effort should, be made to shut down commercial hunting operations that import wild boar to prevent the possibility of future introductions.  And hunting should not be managed for long-term sustainability, but for major control or, if possible, complete elimination.

Michael Hutchins Feral pigs, Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management and Conservation, hunting, invasive species