$50K to say wild hogs are dangerous? Governor nixes that
Mississippi does not need to spend $50,000 on a public relations campaign to tell people that wild hogs are dangerous, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said this week in blocking part of a budget bill.
Bacon bust: 4 charged with illegally selling wild hogs
Ever heard of a hog-dog rodeo?
Scientific kids tackle wild hog population dilemma
In a hut tucked away in the woods of northwestern Pike County, a group of young scientists is studying ways to stop a threat of nationwide proportions — wild hogs.
Lawmakers to meet on state’s wild hog problem
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are to hear from wildlife and hunting experts Monday on possible programs to combat a growing wild hog population. Mississippi wildlife
Law adds wild hogs to population control program
JACKSON — Farmers and wildlife officials say wild hogs are roaming throughout the state, damaging crops and land. As a result, Gov. Phil Bryant signed
Hog Wild: Booming wild hog population threatens health, ecosystem
Although they haven’t yet achieved the status of Sherman’s March to the Sea, Mississippi’s rapidly growing wild hog population is cutting its own destructive swath through the state, and along the way exacting a heavy toll on the state’s ecosystem.
Wild hogs unwelcome guests at Miss. Civil War site
Last year’s frightening flooding of the Mississippi River didn’t do any direct damage to the site of one of the pivotal battles of the Civil War. It did bring in some undesirable new neighbors.
Expert: Wild hogs becoming ‘serious threat’ to Miss. landowners
For most people, the closest they’ve come to a wild hog is slab of bacon. But that could change if the fast-growing “wild hog problem” isn’t controlled in parts of the U.S., including Mississippi, an expert said.