The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is continuing its efforts to remove and eliminate feral hogs from North Island in Georgetown County with three hog hunts with dogs. Although feral hog numbers ...

Landowners, farmers and ranchers across Texas have at least one common enemy: The bands of feral hogs that rip through their land, causing over $500 million in damages each year. These descendants of ...

Feral hogs are one of the most destructive wildlife problems in the country, tearing up crops, pastures and native habitats from the Deep South to the Midwest. In most states, that reality translates ...

Wild hogs have inhabited North America since the middle of the 16th century. Brought over as domestic stock by early settlers, America’s earliest farm pigs escaped their enclosures and became feral in ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Feral hogs have been a growing menace in Arkansas for decades, wreaking havoc on crops, livestock and the environment. However, a concerted effort, over a decade in the making, is ...

Feral hog occupancy of Missouri watersheds has fallen 84% since 2016, when the state’s Feral Hog Elimination Partnership began. Funded by the farm bill and managed by the Missouri Department of ...

They are more than a nuisance. The Missouri Department of Conservation refers to them as “highly destructive and prolific pests.” They are feral hogs, and their numbers are increasing dramatically in ...

Feral hogs are often called wild hogs despite one main difference. The root of the word “feral” implies the species was once domesticated. Therefore, many feral hogs originated from domesticated pigs ...