First it was raccoons, and now lawmakers want to make it easier to catch or kill pesky feral hogs.
House Bill 475, sponsored by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom McCall, R-Elberton, makes clear feral hogs are not considered wildlife or wild animals under the law and
exempts the pigs from Department of Natural Resources permitting for hunting or trapping.
DNR has identified feral hogs as a growing problem in Georgia and across the Southeast. They damage crops and compete for food with deer, turkey and quail and can also carry diseases transmissible to humans and domestic animals.
The trap was set Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 and residents of a Lithonia neighborhood troubled by feral hogs waited for results. DeKalb County animal control turned to volunteer trappers to help catch the porcine nuisances, which were snuffling trash and scaring neighbors in the Stonebridge Woods subdivision.
McCall’s bill was introduced a week after the House overwhelmingly passedHB 160, by Rep. Emory Dunahoo, R-Gainesville,
which lifts a ban on trapping raccoons across most of North Georgia.
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