Parents can now rest easy. They no longer have to worry that reality TV executives will corrupt their daughters with booze and exploit them on camera. Discovery Channel has launched “Hogs Gone Wild”. As their website states, “Each episode documents the perilous challenges and dangerous battles of hog removal experts”.
If you take a look at the videos on their website you won’t be sure if this is a comedy or not. These ‘hog removal experts’ look more like the dudes from the TV show, “Jackass”.
Yet the Discovery website reveals a sobering statistic, “the feral hog epidemic now extends into 44 states”. That includes California!!!
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA) is up in arms because of some proposed solutions to the overpopulation of feral hogs in eastern San Diego County. There are two possible solutions on the table… either to use traps or hire professionals to hunt the rampaging animals.
Native American tribes occupy large tracts of land in eastern San Diego. Even though the tribes are sovereign and can kill the hogs themselves, they have reached out to the US Forest Service for help. The Kumeyaay and Mission Indians are worried because this is a regional problem in which 56 of California’s 58 counties also have feral hogs.
According to the LA Times;
If something isn’t done the problem will get much worse. Feral hogs have few predators and a sow can have up to two litters a year (with a half a dozen piglets in each).
As feral hogs multiply they cause extensive damage to vegetation and crops. A particular worry is that they range across land burned in wildfires and eat the new growth. Feral hogs also harm birds that nest on the ground and out-compete other foraging animals.
Notes on San Diego has a photo exclusive revealing just how dire the situation has become. A wildlife camera has captured a photo of one of these wild hogs caught red-handed in the act of destroying the environment (and defying all fashion sense)…
If you take a look at the videos on their website you won’t be sure if this is a comedy or not. These ‘hog removal experts’ look more like the dudes from the TV show, “Jackass”.
Yet the Discovery website reveals a sobering statistic, “the feral hog epidemic now extends into 44 states”. That includes California!!!
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA) is up in arms because of some proposed solutions to the overpopulation of feral hogs in eastern San Diego County. There are two possible solutions on the table… either to use traps or hire professionals to hunt the rampaging animals.
Native American tribes occupy large tracts of land in eastern San Diego. Even though the tribes are sovereign and can kill the hogs themselves, they have reached out to the US Forest Service for help. The Kumeyaay and Mission Indians are worried because this is a regional problem in which 56 of California’s 58 counties also have feral hogs.
According to the LA Times;
“The Forest Service has published a proposed eradication plan. The public has until the end of the month to comment. A public hearing may also be held.”
If something isn’t done the problem will get much worse. Feral hogs have few predators and a sow can have up to two litters a year (with a half a dozen piglets in each).
As feral hogs multiply they cause extensive damage to vegetation and crops. A particular worry is that they range across land burned in wildfires and eat the new growth. Feral hogs also harm birds that nest on the ground and out-compete other foraging animals.
Notes on San Diego has a photo exclusive revealing just how dire the situation has become. A wildlife camera has captured a photo of one of these wild hogs caught red-handed in the act of destroying the environment (and defying all fashion sense)…
Editor’s Note: No animals have been harmed in the writing of this post…
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