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Posted: Thursday, 04 December 2008 7:17AM
Feral Hog Hunt Approved in New Jersey
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TRENTON, NJ (AP) -- State wildlife officials are hoping deer hunters can reduce the population of another crop-damaging species in southern New Jersey: feral hogs.
They're allowing deer hunters in an area of southern Gloucester County to also shoot free-roaming swine that have been destroying crops and landscaping.
Division of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Al Ivany says the division is trying to eradicate them before they become a more serious problem.
The wild hogs prey on ground-nesting birds and small mammals and compete for food with native animals.
They are believed to be descended from domestic hogs that wandered off from local farms.
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