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Re: Feral Hogs in Northern Indiana
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 03:00:01 PM »
I went to your link. It shows th3 main headlines. Do you have a direct link to the story?
 
http://articles.wsbt.com/2012-02-21/potbellied-pigs_31085047
 
MIDDLEBURY – The Department of Natural Resources claimed two feral pigs were shot and killed near Middlebury Friday when a woman found the pigs in her back yard. Turns out, the pigs weren't feral at all, they were family pets: potbellied pigs.
Feral pigs can be dangerous and can also do a lot of damage to farmland. But the DNR has never received a report of a feral pig in the area before. Still, the Department of Natural Resources gave permission over the phone for the pigs to be shot.
Standing inside the barn where the two pigs would sleep, their owner Chad Troyer talked about his two family pets.
"Oscar was my wedding gift to my wife nine years ago, Arnold was a pig that we rescued," Troyer said. "Nice animals, my 4-year-old granddaughter could walk up and pet them if she wanted to."
On Monday, Chad read a story about two wild hogs being shot to death near his home. Attached were pictures, not of wild animals, but of his dead pets.

 
Uhm I think someone is missing a piggy  ;D

 
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Re: Feral Hogs in Northern Indiana
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2012, 02:23:33 AM »
Holy crap. I'd be pissed.

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Re: Feral Hogs in Northern Indiana
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2012, 10:49:13 AM »
I saw 2 several pot-bellied pigs running loose out west of Danville.  It was really easy to tell they  weren't Russian boar or escaped domestic pigs.  Hard to believe someone would shoot 'em.