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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Nov 24, 2021, 07:20 PM Nov 2021

Feral hogs are descending on a California city, but stopping them is 'like using your fingers to

pick up water,' vice mayor says

Feral hogs have long overwhelmed the city of Corona, California. The city's vice mayor thinks they have been around since as early as the 1930s.

"As long as I can remember pigs have always been an issue," Corona Vice Mayor Wes Speake told Insider.

The feral hog population in the city typically depends on the drought status at any given time. Periods of drought drive the 300-to-400-pound pigs into the urban wildlife interface, or where the wild area comes into contact with the city limits.

Speake attributes the current influx to a project commissioned by the Army Corps of Engineers that aims to raise water levels in dams that sit at the city's limits.

The construction is taking out the pigs' habitat and limiting what they can eat.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/feral-hogs-are-descending-on-a-california-city-but-stopping-them-is-like-using-your-fingers-to-pick-up-water-vice-mayor-says/ar-AAR6hLx
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Feral hogs are descending on a California city, but stopping them is 'like using your fingers to (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
At Risk of Relinquishing My Honorary PETA Membership, The Roux Comes First Nov 2021 #1
Yeah, I wouldn't want to have to butcher them-- viva la Nov 2021 #2

The Roux Comes First

(1,569 posts)
1. At Risk of Relinquishing My Honorary PETA Membership,
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 07:33 PM
Nov 2021

If humane methods could be used, it sounds like some excellent BBQ material.

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