Category

Pig

Pigs are part of a number of environmental stories in Texas, including the rise of confined feeding operations in the Panhandle, the decline of the open range in east Texas, and the influx of feral hogs throughout the state.

Interviews

Narrator: Donnie DendyTitle: Industrial HogsDuration: 00:01:07Date: October 5, 2002Donnie Dendy, a Panhandle wheat and soybean farmer, helped organize and run a non-profit, ACCORD, seeking to improve local confined feeding operations, chiefly hog facilities. Here he talks about the harsh treatment of pigs in this industry.Narrator: Richard DonovanTitle: Closing of the CommonsDuration: 00:07:41Date: March 3, 2008Richard Donovan, a native of east Texas and author of "Paddling the Wild Neches", explains the causes (including timber companies' efforts to protect their pine plantations from rooting pigs) and effects of the closing of the open range, the "commons", in the Piney Woods.Narrator: Jeanne GramstorffTitle: LagoonsDuration: 00:01:49Date: October 5, 2002Jeanne Gramstorff, a Panhandle farmer, banker and leader in the non-profit, ACCORD, speaks here regarding community concerns about confined hog operations, including many issues related to the open waste lagoons.