Feral hog elimination efforts increase in Missouri

Feral hog elimination efforts are ramping up in Missouri thanks to a three-year federal grant.

In partnership with University of Missouri Extension, four feral hog outreach educator positions have come to the state and three have already been filled.

Kevin Crider – based in Salem, Missouri – has years of experience trapping hogs, telling Brownfield his job is to educate on anti-feral hog measures and coordinate feral hog trapping and harvesting resources…

“Talking with landowners and working with our partners, meeting with county commissioners, talking to farm bureau members, the [Missouri] Farm Bureau president, people that just have hogs on their property that call us and say ‘hey, I need help’,” he said.

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