Invasive feral hogs are trapped on a rural property. Image Credit: Susan Sullivan
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"Ecological Zombies"
“They are ecological zombies. They eat everything. They eat deer fawn. They uproot endangered salamanders. They eat ground-nesting birds and their eggs. They really eat anything,” said Shari Rodriguez, report author and assistant professor in the forestry and environmental conservation department. -Clemson Newsstand, Nov 21, 2016 Read more: |
"Feral hogs are a $115 million problem for the agriculture, livestock and timber industries in South Carolina, according to a Clemson University study on landowners’ perceived damages from the invasive animals." -The Southeast Farm Press, Nov 29, 2016
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AP Photo, Kent Kammermeyer, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, via The Augusta Chronicle
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