CUE IN THE FERAL HOGS: Pack of Beasts Wreak Havoc in Suburban Irving, Texas, Highlighting a Rapidly Spreading Problem That Costs the US $1.4 Billion Yearly
There was a love explosion after November 5th across America, in celebration of the return of patriotic, common-sense policies to the US.
But as we eagerly await Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, the mood has since partially shifted, with an unbelievable series of events, from UFO-Drones, chemical fog, multiple terrorist attacks… the list goes on.
So, perhaps it’s unwise to add to the growing list of worries ‘the feral hog invasion’ – I agree. But if you live in rural Texas right now, this is a ‘billion-and-a-half-dollars-a-year-problem’ that you can’t wave off – because it’s on your backyard, wreaking havoc.
A pack of feral hogs are bringing chaos to a suburb of Irving, Texas, tearing up landscaping and rummaging through trash bags, in a local manifestation of a problem that plagues much of the Lone Star state.
New York Post reported:
“’A couple weeks back, I started seeing some diggings on the ground’, homeowner Eric Mendez tells WFAA, adding that he set up a camera to solve the mystery. ‘To my surprise, a pig was on the camera’, he told the outlet.”
About a dozen pigs, some quite large and growing fast.
The City of Irving hired a contractor to ‘fix’ the problem, but so far locals are handling the beasts on their own.
“’My first thought was, like, well, I can go shoot them’, Mendez tells the outlet. ‘But I’m like, yeah, I’m in a neighborhood. I can’t just go out there and start blasting’.”
Watch: officials dealing with the wild pig invasion in Kyle, Texas.
City officials said they are trying to devise the best strategy to get rid of the wild pigs: https://t.co/jl5wO5QCAV
Another Texas city is feeling the wrath of an invasive and highly destructive species. The City of Kyle is dealing with an “increased presence” of feral hogs. pic.twitter.com/lKm96M5iE3
— Chron (@chron) December 19, 2024
So, Mendez used a slingshot and clapped two pieces of wood together to scare off the hogs.
“These beasts also reproduce at a rapid rate — with a sow able to birth two litters a year of six to eight piglets each. They are known to attack both humans and pets and bring with them an economic burden.
Feral hogs in the Lone Star State cause damage estimated to be more than $400 million annually, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Nationally, $1.4 billion of damage is done by wild hogs, according to that study.”
Watch: group of wild hogs hanging out along the Trinity river in Texas.
Group of wild hogs hanging out along the Trinity river in Texas
(Via TT/ TexasOutboardJets) pic.twitter.com/RfE5xXxmLI
— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) March 13, 2024
In November, wheelchair-bound Texas man Carl White fended off a pack of wild hogs with an airsoft gun, after one of the pigs who terrorized his neighborhood, killing families’ pets,
“He whipped out an airsoft gun as the beast got so close that [White] could smell him. ‘Just don’t get yourself in a position where you’re confronting or cornering them, because that’s when they really get nervous and come at you’, White told KHOU 11.”
Watch: back in 2023, Hunters in Texas using helicopters to ‘cull’ invasive wild pigs.
Hunters in Texas are using helicopters to bring down invasive wild pigs to prevent the animals from wreaking havoc on agriculture, tearing up soil and eating plants pic.twitter.com/OWxvunUayf
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2023
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