Your tap water in Louisiana could be contaminated, and it's not because someone spilled something in the water or across the ground, but rather, it's because of an abundance of wild hogs in the state.

Travel outside of the city, and you’ll hear many Louisiana residents grumbling about a different type of transplant: feral hogs. The unwanted and non-native species has made its way into ...

Read Next: Louisiana Man Arrested After Stuffing 2.5 Pounds of Lead ... Traps and fences are not allowed, and all wild hogs must be caught with dogs. Each contestant must have a permit for ...

Feral hogs are a persistent and costly threat to U.S. crop and livestock production, inflicting over $1.6 billion in damages ...

Under Louisiana law dangerous animals, like hogs, coyotes, nutria skunks, and alligators cannot be relocated and must be euthanized within 12 hours of being captured. Invading wild hogs have also ...

ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. — 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 ...

Wild hogs have taken over areas in Florida and North ... Hawaii and all but one county in Louisiana, Texas and California, causing roughly $1.5 million in agricultural damage per year, according ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Abbie Morse lives in Kenner’s Woodlake subdivision, and she said she’s still in shock after taking a video of wild hogs running ... The Louisiana Department of Wildlife ...

BRYCELAND, La. -- On average, $76 million in agriculture damage is done to the lands of Louisiana every year. That damage is done by feral hogs. Feral hogs are found in all 64 parishes with a ...