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Article: Pennsylvania Game Commission Restricts Take of Feral Swine in Five Counties.
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- Food Business Week
- Article date:
- February 12, 2009
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe announced that he was reinstating protection on feral swine in Bradford, Bedford, Fulton, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties in an effort to facilitate trapping by individuals permitted by the agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under the executive order, issued in May of 2008, protection remains lifted on feral swine in the remaining 62 counties.
"Trapping is the most effective way to remove feral swine from the wild, because it limits their dispersal into new areas," Roe said. "If funding is not available for trapping, we may consider lifting protection in these counties as well.
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