New study shows that 30-50 feral hogs can make climate change even worse

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I’m not sure sure that’s the best idea. At least in the absence of a good eradication program, because then you’re removing one of the few pressures on populations. And you don’t generally want to protect invasive species. But like I said hunting, and even organized culls, don’t work. At least not for population control.

I know Missouri has a bit more going on than a lot of other states. But they don’t exactly have a ton of resources for it.

I brought up Missouri specifically because they saw that hunting was contributing to the spread of hogs in the state, so they had to enact a ban. But yes, in the absence of any government plan hunting is one of the few pressures hogs will see.

Didn’t we have this conversation before ?

Reply All interviewed the 30-50 feral hogs guy and learned he had a point

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