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TexasTowelie

(117,533 posts)
Sun May 26, 2019, 08:48 AM May 2019

Feral swine amass at Montana's northern border

It sounds like a bad horror movie. Canadian wild pigs are amassing at Montana’s northern border. It’s only a matter of time before they wander south and begin their destructive assault on everything from wildlife to agricultural fields and even archaeological sites.

“Oh, absolutely it’s a concern,” said Stephanie Hester, Invasive Species Outreach coordinator for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

Photos taken as recently as last year showed feral hogs only five miles north of the U.S. border, she said.

“So they are getting very, very close and we are very concerned,” Hester said.

Read more: https://billingsgazette.com/outdoors/feral-swine-amass-at-montana-s-northern-border/article_f8122af8-16d2-55b2-bc41-710212a4343d.html

Where is that wall when you need it?

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Feral swine amass at Montana's northern border (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
Not to worry. Gianforte will personally punch them out. Sneederbunk May 2019 #1
OK, I first saw that as Federal Swine. tanyev May 2019 #2
Attention Citizen Patrols in Texas: You and your dogs are urgently needed on NCjack May 2019 #3

tanyev

(44,733 posts)
2. OK, I first saw that as Federal Swine.
Sun May 26, 2019, 09:18 AM
May 2019

I thought, Wow, that’s a harsh headline. Good luck, Montana.

NCjack

(10,297 posts)
3. Attention Citizen Patrols in Texas: You and your dogs are urgently needed on
Sun May 26, 2019, 09:34 AM
May 2019

Montana's northern border. Yes! You can shoot-to-kill. Just make sure that the body at least appears to have fallen entirely inside Montana. The Canadians are really picky about that little detail.

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