Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- June 5, 2007
Wild hog hunting is good sport, but bad for environment (:48)
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RECENT HEADLINES ABOUT THE BAGGING OF A HALF-TON WILD HOG IN ALABAMA HAVE SOME LOCAL HUNTERS WISHING PENNSYLVANIA HAD SUCH BIG GAME. BUT A SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS WILD-HOG HUNTING MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR THE STATE. THE STORY FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:17) ALTHOUGH WILD HOG HUNTING IS MORE POPULAR IN SOUTHERN STATES, AT LEAST FIVE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES ALSO HAVE THOUSANDS OF WILD HOGS THAT CAN BE HUNTED LEGALLY. BUT PENN STATE WILDLIFE SPECIALIST GARY SAN JULIAN SAYS THE ANIMALS ARE MORE PESTS THAN BIG GAME, SINCE THEY DAMAGE HABITATS AND SPREAD DISEASE.
(:08) PENNSYLVANIA IS ONE OF SEVERAL STATES WITH A BAITING-AND-TRAPPING PROGRAM TO REDUCE WILD POPULATIONS. SAN JULIAN SAYS SPORT HUNTING ISN'T A GOOD CONTROL OPTION:San Julian Actuality:
(:16) "WHILE HUNTING SPLITS THOSE HOGS UP AND DRIVES THEM INTO OTHER AREAS, THE BAITING KEEPS THEM IN ONE AREA AND THEY CAN TRAP THEM AND THEN DISPOSE OF THEM. HUNTING SPREADS THEM OUT AND MAY NOT BE THE BEST PRACTICE IF WE ARE TO ERADICATE HOGS IN THE STATE"(:08) SAN JULIAN SAYS ANYONE WHO HAS WILD HOGS ON THEIR PROPERTY CAN CONTACT THE STATE GAME COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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