Feral Pigs Rampage Bay Area

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Wild pigs have been marauding through 56 out of California’s 58 counties leaving destruction in their wake. Pigs in the Bay Area have trampled vineyards, gouged out golf courses, rototilled baseball fields and wreaked havoc on farms. A new bill introduced by a Napa state senator would allow property owners to kill the pigs without getting a permit first. It’s a baby step compared to Texas where you can rent a gunner seat in a chopper to shoot the hogs from the air, but it’s a sign of growing frustration in a normally animal tolerant state. We’ll talk about the trouble these pigs are causing, why they’re here and what can be done about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.6	In the 1920s, a millionaire wanted something fun to hunt at his estate in Carmel Valley,
0:52.1	so he imported some Russian boars.
0:54.5	They wandered off his property, and here we are, a hundred years later, dealing with the mess of
0:59.4	feral pigs causing trouble throughout the Bay Area.
1:02.9	They're wreaking havoc on private and public land, and I thought the raccoons were bad.
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1:34.6	The first thing to know about feral pigs is that they're big, bigger than you think,
1:39.3	and they're at least as smart as your average pig, which might be too smart.
1:43.3	They've got big tusks and they eat anything.
1:46.7	They are a pest to just about everybody and everything, said one member of the California Fish and
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