Wild Pig Poll: Should we trap ’em?

Between 3,000 and 5,000 wild hogs inhabit 69 of Michigan’s 83 counties. They ravage crops and forests and carry diseases.

The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy – with help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services branch – has developed the Michigan Wild Hog Removal Program. It aims to set 100 traps – that cost $450 each — to round them up.

Want a piece of the action? The program will train volunteers to help experts find hogs and monitor traps. It encourages state groups and organizations to hold hog-trapping fundraisers and events.

See related stories here and here. And participate in the poll below.

Is training volunteers to trap feral pigs the solution to this environmental menace?

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