The Michell family worked hard for two months last fall to plant fields of oats on their 150-acre farm in northeast Georgia. Then, over the winter, a big family of wild hogs — also known as a sounder ...

Feral pigs have earned a reputation as one of the nation’s most destructive invasive species. The pigs, which can weigh hundreds of pounds, trample fields and eat crops, doing billions of dollars in ...

Georgia has launched a pilot program to combat invasive wild pigs, offering landowners a chance to win valuable traps for removing hogs. Wild pigs cause significant financial damage to Georgia farmers ...

Missouri has had success in controlling its wild pig population. Read what policymakers and field workers in other states can learn.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service suggests eating invasive species to help protect native animals and ecosystems. Invasive species can have a significant economic impact, costing the U.S. billions of ...

Feral hogs are often called wild hogs despite one main difference. The root of the word “feral” implies the species was once domesticated. Therefore, many feral hogs originated from domesticated pigs ...

As Congress advances reconciliation negotiations several conservation and animal health programs remain in limbo — including feral swine management initiatives left out of the most recent farm bill ...

Locals have beef with these porkers. A pack of as many as 10 feral hogs are rooting up some chaos in a suburb of Irving, Texas, with locals resisting the urge to “blast” the pigs while waiting for ...

Wild hogs! Texas locals are fed up with a pack of feral pigs terrorizing the neighborhood. At least 10 wild hogs have been making a nuance of themselves in one Texas suburb. Frustrated locals are ...