ABC News: Another Natural Threat to Florida: Feral Hogs

[AlGore-08.com]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=827155&page=1

Wild Pigs' Population Boom Poses Problems for Sunshine State



June 8, 2005 — Floridians are up to their noses in wild pigs with a population boom that has gone hog-wild.

An estimated 500,000 wild pigs now roam through the dense vegetation of Florida, and the folks who live there are grappling with a problem that's never going to go away.

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Although they've made their way across much of the continent, wild pigs have apparently never lost their affection for Florida. It has everything they need.

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[fishnfla]

1. Horsehockey!

Hog+gun+bullet= end of problem

Feral hogs even eat their own young, so I wouldn't sweat it

[democrat in Tallahassee]

2. We call them the Legislature; they have been in tally for a couple of

months and all the pigs just went home.

[gizmo1979]

3. That's alot of bacon!

oink oink

[RPM]

4. be nice to Jebbie

you don't want to sully Ma Bush's 'beautiful mind'

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. Maybe the Bush family reunion is starting early this year .

[jayfish]

6. Nonsense!

Here's what ya do. Run a trail of hot dogs to the ocean and let the sharks gnaw at them for a while. Then the hurricanes can sweep their husks out to sea.

Jay