NPR’s Here & Now: Feral hogs are invading Texas suburbs
Texas has a growing feral hog problem. An estimated 3 to 4 million of them live there, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in crop damage. Now, they’re moving into suburban areas.
Here & Now’s Scott Tong speaks with Jay Long, a pig researcher at the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, about why feral hogs are such a difficult invasive species to control and what strategies exist to combat them.
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