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Article: Game Commission Removes Protection on Feral Swine
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 27, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Jerry Feaser of Pennsylvania Game Commission, +1-717-
705-6541, PGCNews@state.pa.us
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania
Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe recently rescinded
protection on feral swine found in the wild in Butler, Bedford and
Cambria counties.
"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.
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