Louisiana has the third largest feral hog population in the U.S. Only Texas and Oklahoma have more (up to 1.5 million in each state). A study by the LSU AgCenter estimates feral hogs cause upward ...

Feral hogs are trampling, digging and eating their way through a growing number of farms, causing more than $90 million worth of damage to Louisiana-grown rice, sugar cane and other crops each ...

More:Louisiana is overrun with menacing wild hogs, but bounty for pig tails isn't answer “In Louisiana, with our growing seasons, there’s always something to eat,” said Glen Gentry, who is ...

Recent estimates indicate there are more wild hogs in Louisiana than the combined populations of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette. In St. Charles Parish, the descendants of domesticated ...

Due to the increased presence of animals, the City of Kenner has hired Trapper John Schmidt’s team. Schmidt tells us coyotes are a danger to pets, and hogs are extremely dangerous to humans.

Couple's yard damaged by wild hogs and thieves in New Orleans East On Friday, Jaime Yepez and his daughter Gayle woke up to their backyard ripped apart. To stream WWL TV on your phone, you need ...

The wild hogs weren’t the only unwanted visitors that night. Feet away from the pig’s play place, a Kia Sedan sits abandoned in the mud. “You can see where they ripped part of the steering ...

They also pose serious disease transmission risks to both domestic livestock and wildlife. Our previous analysis, Farmers, Ranchers Struggle with Hog-Wild Feral Swine Population, provides more ...

Feral hogs are trampling, digging and eating their way through a growing number of farms, causing more than $90 million worth of damage to Louisiana-grown rice, sugar cane and other crops each year.

Feral hogs are found in all 64 parishes in Louisiana. The state’s feral hog population is currently estimated at about 900,000. Every year, hogs cause about $90 million worth of damage to crops ...