About 70 people attending a seminar at the LSU AgCenter's Red River Research Station recently learned ways to stop feral hogs from impinging on other wildlife populations and crops.Farmers and hunters are reporting the wild hogs as nuisances because they cause considerable damage to pastureland, according to Ricky Kilpatrick, LSU AgCenter agent in Bossier Parish.

A sizable herd of feral hogs can contaminate streams, endanger livestock through disease transmission, tear down fences and become hazardous to motorists, Kilpatrick said.

 

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