Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- June 10, 2008

Feral hogs added to Pennsylvania's legal wild game (:49)

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HUNTERS IN MOST PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES NOW HAVE ONE MORE OPTION FOR HUNTING WILD GAME. BUT A WILDLIFE RESEARCHER IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS THIS QUARRY SHOULD BE HUNTED WITH CAUTION. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:

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(:14) THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION HAS RECENTLY REMOVED THE PROTECTION ON WILD HOGS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ROAMING THE STATE IN INCREASING NUMBERS. WILD HOGS SPREAD DISEASE AND DESTROY NATURAL HABITATS, SO HUNTING COULD HELP TO CONTROL OR EVEN ERADICATE THIS INVASIVE SPECIES.

(:08) BUT PENN STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST GARY SAN JULIAN SAYS IF WILD HOG HUNTING CATCHES ON AS A SPORT, IT COULD SPREAD THE PROBLEM:

San Julian Actuality:
(:18) "I WOULD REALLY NOT LIKE TO SEE CHASING OF HOGS BECAUSE THAT TENDS TO SPREAD THE HOGS OUT EVEN MORE. SO, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM, I'D JUST AS SOON… THAT OCCASION WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ONE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT. BUT, DRIVING THEM LIKE DEER TEND TO BREAK UP THE FAMILY UNITS, AND THEN THEY GO TO OTHER HABITATS."

(:09) SAN JULIAN SAYS LICENSED HUNTERS CAN TAKE WILD HOGS IN ALL PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES EXCEPT BUTLER, CAMBRIA AND BEDFORD. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION: FERAL SWINE

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