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Article: Game Commission Removes Protection on Feral Swine.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- November 11, 2008
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe recently rescinded protection on feral swine found in the wild in Butler, Bedford and Cambria counties (see also Pennsylvania Game Commission).
"In May, when we removed protection on feral swine in Pennsylvania, we maintained the protection on them in Butler, Bedford and Cambria counties to facilitate trapping by the U.S. and Pennsylvania departments of Agriculture," Roe said. "Trapping is viewed as the most effective way to remove feral swine from the wild, because it limits their dispersal into new areas.
"However, as we are now outside the time of year in which trapping is most effective, we ...