Category

Feral Hog

A cross of domestic pigs gone wild, and Russian boars imported in the 1930s for sport hunting, feral hogs have become common in Texas, numbering as many as 3.4 million, some 30-41% of the U.S. population.

Interviews

Narrator: Bill SheffieldTitle: Most Detrimental ExoticDuration: 00:01:56Date: March 5, 2008Bill Sheffield, a biologist, wildlife consultant, land manager, and co-author of "Exotics on the Range", comments about the origins, impact and control of the feral hog in Texas.Narrator: Rick TaylorTitle: Hernando de SotoDuration: 00:03:14Date: September 22, 2020Rick Taylor is a wildlife biologist who worked at Texas Parks and Wildlife for 27 years. He also wrote the book, On Wild Hogs and Javelinas: History, Biology, and Hunting. Here he discusses the introduction of hogs to the New World and to Texas by Spanish and French explorers, colonists, and missionaries.Narrator: Shannon TompkinsTitle: The Genie is out of the BottleDuration: 00:02:30Date: June 15, 2020Shannon Tompkins, a 40-year veteran outdoor writer for the Houston Chronicle and Beaumont Enterprise, has watched the rapid spread of feral hogs across the state in recent years. Here he comments on several of the more likely reasons for the hog population's growth and range expansion.