woman killed by feral hogs in Texas

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Authorities say feral hogs attacked and killed a woman outside a southeast Texas home where she worked as a caretaker. Christine Rollins cared for an elderly couple at their home in the small town of Anahuac. Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said Monday the 84-year-old woman she cared for was waiting for Rollins to arrive on Sunday. The woman went outside and found the 59-year-old Rollins in the front yard between her car and the front door, the AP reports. Hawthorne says Rollins had a severe head wound consistent with a fall and "numerous injuries that appear to be animal-related," including bites.

The coroner in neighboring Jefferson County ruled Monday that Rollins bled to death after an attack by feral hogs. The cause of death was listed as "exsanguination due to feral hog assault," 12 News reports. The sheriff says it was a "very rare" incident. "I don't want to go into detail," Hawthorne says, per KHOU. "But, in my 35 years, I will tell you it's one of the worst things I've ever seen." He says authorities have put out traps to try to catch some of the hogs, which have long been a problem in the area. The sheriff says the couple Rollins was caring for owns around 12 acres, and "the feral hogs have taken over some of their family land."

https://www.newser.com/story/283559/sheriff-texas-woman-killed-by-feral-hogs.html

Sheriff says wild hogs have been a problem in the area and a lot of neighbors have called complaining the animals were tearing up their front yards.

The sheriff’s office has even put out traps to see if they can trap one.

The sheriff says wild hogs are dangerous, travel in packs, but they're rampant in Texas. If folks do encounter one, it's best to stay away, and call Texas Wildlife Services at [phone].

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/caretaker-found-dead-may-have-been-attacked-by-wild-hogs-in-anahuac/502-5b79ae7b-0841-40a6-8fd7-0795303b4b27

[ripcord]

1. Definetly need to step up eradication of feral hogs

There are lives lost to them every year and the damage they do to crops is incredible.

[Igel]

2. It's one thing many urban dwellers and suburbanites lose sight of.

Some things, like feral hogs, have few to no natural predators. The Spanish brought them here, hogs might have been responsible for much of the first wave of Native American disease-related die off.

Even things like cervids are pests when their predators are reduced in number. They have boom and bust cycles and hunting keeps them in check--we are the wolves and lynxes, we replace cycle-driven death by famine, except that we eat them.

[Backseat Driver]

3. Boar loin and turkey breast make a very colorful and tasty

Thanksgiving spread, but Grandma who dislikes turkey was appalled to have eaten the boar, hehehe!

[Karadeniz]

4. We have seen them on our land...they seem to be tourists not residents....so far!