In Connecticut, pigs are going hog wild and lawmakers are hoping to come up with solutions
BY Herschel Smith
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Wayward pigs are causing issues in some parts of Connecticut – and it’s become enough of an issue that state lawmakers are looking into how to deal with it.
The legislature’s environmental committee on Friday heard testimony on how much trouble roaming swine can cause. The committee is considering a bill to form a task force focused on roaming livestock.
“The last thing that we want in Connecticut is a population of feral pigs,” State Rep. Doug Dubitsky said. “They’re incredibly destructive, they’re very dangerous, they can run 30 miles an hour, they can be 6 or 700 pounds. They can kill you and they will eat you. It’s pretty nasty.”
State Sen. Heather Somers says bands of pigs are roaming her eastern Connecticut district, causing tens of thousands of dollars in damages to crops and lawns. She says the pigs are biting and chasing farmers.
Congratulations, Connecticuters! Whacha gonna do about it?
Oh, that’s right. Y’all don’t like guns and aren’t used to killing feral hogs. Right?
A committee. That’s the ticket. Another public works project. Talk to the experts about what to do. Run from them when you see them.
Actually, when you hunt them enough they become runners. If they’re chasing farmers and the farmers don’t carry firearms, you’ll never evolve them into runners. They’ll just come after you.
Congratulations.
Or how about hiring professional snipers to kill them? They won’t make a dent in the population, but it will make the committee feel better that they aren’t being mean to the hogs, or at least, someone else is doing the dirty work for them.
Unfortunately for you, there probably aren’t enough of them yet to advertise hog hunting in Connecticut as a sport.
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On June 3, 2024 at 6:32 am, JB said:
And all along I thought the feral pigs were in the Connecticut State Government.
On June 3, 2024 at 11:07 am, Hoss Green said:
Wild pigs in Conn, darn shame, but then Conn is also full of Dems, how would hunters tell the difference?
On June 3, 2024 at 8:48 pm, Winston Is Less Equal said:
Warpigs cause the most trouble and roam free no matter what, they call themselves Straussian Neocons.
How about a pig free zone sign or hashtag.
Isn’t purple haired senior Rosa DeLauro from Connecticut?
She could scare them off.
On June 5, 2024 at 8:26 am, Latigo Morgan said:
Tell the Asians that consuming wild boar meat will make their pecker grow, and the hogs will be wiped out in a generation or less.
On June 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm, Roger J said:
I’m surprised the cops haven’t come up with that old saw: “Carry a whistle!”
On June 11, 2024 at 12:32 am, StillSworn said:
Comedic comments aside. The age old answer is hunters. There are plenty in CT and many travel out of state just to hunt pigs.