The total eradication of the "most destructive and dangerous invasive species in the United States" is the aim of the program, according to the USDA.

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) joined forces with the ...

Feral hog occupancy of Missouri watersheds has fallen 84% since 2016, when the state’s Feral Hog Elimination Partnership began. Funded by the farm bill and managed by the Missouri Department of ...

A multiagency effort to eliminate feral hogs statewide, which is concentrated in southeast Missouri, is showing impressive progress in the last five years. The first quarterly "dashboard" report has ...

According to the state park, from December 16 through Dec. 19, Johnson’s Shut-Ins, Taum Sauk Mountain State Park and all trails, including the Ozark Trail, will be closed for feral hog aerial ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Feral hogs are a menace in parts of Missouri, so federal officials are taking to the skies to combat the wild animal that can destroy multiple acres of farmland in a single ...

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A medication found in many people's medicine cabinets is being used to control the wild hog population. Blood thinners could be the answer to rooting out the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Two feral hogs caught in a trap set by the Missouri Department of Conservation on a farm in rural Washington County on Sunday, ...

Feral hogs are often called wild hogs despite one main difference. The root of the word “feral” implies the species was once domesticated. Therefore, many feral hogs originated from domesticated pigs ...