FERAL HOGS2: Austin uses its 311 program to manage the 
hogs that are coming further into the city. Find out more 
on Passport to Texas.

PTT from TPW and the SFWR Program

In January and February and March there were nightly reports of 
homes that were being affected by the hogs with severe damage. :7



Willy Conrad, manager for Austin Water's Wildland 
Conservation division, says in dry months, feral hogs 
come into neighborhoods to search for food. This is a 
growing trend around the state, and feral hogs now cause 
about fifty-two million dollars in damage annually.

In response, Austin has implemented a feral hog 
management system. By dialing 311, residents can 
contact city officials. Texas Wildlife Services will then 
investigate the damages and locate and trap the hogs in 
nearby wildlands. Conrad says when it comes to 
removing wild animals, that's best left to the 
professionals.
If you've got a hog in a trap, you've got a caged wild animal. And 
we're afraid that even if that animal is just there for a couple of 
hours in that cage that it poses a threat to curious people that want 
to come see the hog and see what happens. :12






Conrad says cities that don't have hog problems still need 
to prepare.

Biologists with Texas Parks and Wildlife and A&M will tell you 
there's only two kinds of places in Texas right now: those that have 
hogs and those that are going to have hogs. I think that other cities 
need to understand the scope of the problem they're dealing with 
and come up with a solution because it's only going to get worse. 
 :19.5

That's our show ... with research and writing help from 
Gretchen Mahan. The SFWR Program supports our series 
and is funded by your purchase of fishing & hunting 
equipment and motorboat fuel. For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife I'm Cecilia Nasti.

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