Wild Pigs Terrorize Fla. Suburb

[Champ]

MELBOURNE, Fla. - All over one suburban subdivision, wild pigs have left their mark.

There was a dead cat. Ruth Strahosky's lawn was shredded when she was on vacation. Trespassing swine have been spotted along Wright Avenue and Corbusier Drive, congregating in rummaging hordes of up to 20 animals.

The animals come from the adjacent, unfenced land owned by the Melbourne Airport Authority.

After a rash of complaints from the Fountainhead Homeowners Association, the airport authority agreed to a one-year contract with two licensed trappers to try to thwart the hog onslaught.

Since mid-November, James Dean and Chad Penright have caged and bow-shot 23 feral pigs, including a 380-pound brute.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=3&u=/ap/20041207/ap_on_fe_st/suburbs_wild_pigs

[tk2kewl]

1. Didn't they terrorize the whole state a little over a month ago?

:shrug:

[RagingInMiami]

3. good one

:D

[WildClarySage]

5. In 2000, too.

[kcass1954]

6. A month ago?!?

Hell - they've been running the whole damn state for 6 years...

[ewagner]

2. Those are bad-tempered critters!!

I ran across some of them while hunting between Deland and Daytona about 30 years ago.....I had a single shot 20 gauge loaded with #7 shot....just enough to piss them off if I tried shooting....I backed away very, very slowly.....

believe me..wild hogs are no fun....

[Cyrano]

4. My God, can't anyone keep these Republicans in their sty?

[graywarrior]

7. I worked construction in Englewood a few years back and

our crew was stampeded by the little fuckers. They hate people.

[tk2kewl]

10. I think they HATE AMERICA!

:mad:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Are these things edible?

[BikeWriter]

9. Anyone thinking feral hogs are not...

...extremely dangerous to children would be very wrong, too.

[Kellanved]

11. Wimps; we have real boars

And are we complaining? no sir! : "If you cannot beat them, roast them. "
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/31/1914225

[complain jane]

13. OH my god how cute!

[Kellanved]

14. uhm, I wouldn't say that

Should you see a scene like that up close: run! run like hell! climb the nearest car, tree - anything.

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. See post #8 (nt)

[complain jane]

12. My ex is a pig and lives in FL....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. Is he wild?

If so, we have a suspect. I nominate Misunderestimator to hunt him down and give him the Obelix treatment (see post #8).