Officials enlist hunters in battle against ginormous hogs taking over US region: 'You want that number ... going down'

The combined efforts between government officials and the public have helped significantly reduce the population of an invasive species in a Florida county.

According to Observer Local News, the number of wild hogs caught in Flagler County has dropped by one-third in just the past year. There has been a management and removal program in place for the past few years from the Land Management department, but the addition of a reporting dashboard for residents to alert officials to wild hog sightings has added to their efforts.

In 2023, before the reporting program was in place, 255 hogs were captured. After the program began in 2024, that number went up to 604, and this year it stands at 412.

"One of the positive things that we can see is — you want that number to start going down. And it is actually starting to go down because of the excellent results that we're getting," Land Management Director Erik Revuelta told Observer Local News.

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