Wild Pig Newsletter Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute ~ Vol. 3:1 ~ Spring 2018 ~ feralhogs.tamu.edu In this issue The Effects of Abatement Efforts on Wild Pig Behavior
Research has long documented trapping as an effective population reduction technique, with 70-80% reductions in populations having been reported using this technique alone (Saunders et al. 1990, Vernes et al. 1999). However,
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