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Arkansas Feral Hog Task Force Established

courtesy Doug Stowe
Feral swine caught in a live trap last autumn on a Carroll County homestead.

A feral swine control bill sponsored by Arkansas Republican Representative Kim Hammer, District 28-Benton was approved by the state legislature in late March. The measure creates a feral hog eradication task force involving a dozen state agencies. Wild Russian swine, imported and released by game hunters, are reproducing in Arkansas in such numbers that they are wreaking havoc on forests, homesteads and farms.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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