Texas agriculture chief OKs use of poison to bring a 'hog apocalypse'
AUSTIN—The Texas agriculture commissioner has approved the use of a poison that he says may herald a "feral hog apocalypse" in a state where an estimated 2.5 million hogs roam.
Commissioner Sid Miller said this week that bait food will be laced with warfarin, which is used as a blood thinner but has proven lethal to hogs.
Hunters already are allowed to kill the animals from land or air—Miller as a state senator authored legislation that allowed for the aerial killing of hogs.
The animal, which can produce three litters in two years, has long been seen by farmers as a nuisance that shreds fields and pastures.
Read more: http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texas/story/2017/feb/23/texas-agriculture-chief-oks-use-poison-bring-hog-apocalypse/662863/
[font color=330099]Send Ted Nugent hunting from a helicopter instead.[/font]
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