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Article: Game Commission Thwarts Raystown Lake Swine
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Jerry Feaser of Pennsylvania Game Commission, +1-717-
705-6541, PGCNews@state.pa.us
HUNTINGDON, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials
with the Pennsylvania Game Commission Southcentral Region and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Raystown Lake recently trapped and
euthanized four feral swine that had been reported roaming the
eastern side of the Raystown Lake property in late June by fishermen
and boaters.
Jeff Krause, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers biologist, confirmed
the reports and noted serious habitat damage along a section of the
30-mile long lake in Huntingdon County. He contacted the Game
Commission, which, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps ...