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But now on the north side of the USA: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/feral-hogs-us-canada-border-wall . It's an invasion.
And let Canada pay for it, of course.
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In our deep south they're considered a challenge for sport hunters. I'm not sure how it works. I'm told the 'hard to track' is true, so encouraging hunting might not be that effective. They're called boars and sows here, usually.
I recommend using the nuclear weapons left over from our Federal Hurricane Abatement Program.
I think Texas is one of them. Some eat them, but they have "trichinosis" so best avoided for food, unless cooked very very thoroughly at high enough temp to kill the egg cysts in them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichinosis
I've known about this for 60 years. Of course, today with the medicine and such, No problem. Sure, wild hogs will not be vaccinated like farm pigs but still gross.
I had round worm as a kid. Sheep, and sheepdogs.
Dafydd.
...and just to rile up the biblical minded. Could it be that noticing the painful consequences of eating pig meat was the reason it was thought to be a no-no from God?
have been found to be beneficial. The dietary laws were different; they had a religious purpose. They were lifted when Jesus 'fulfilled the Law', when trichinosis was as yet unknown.
In our era it has always been tempting to make a connection, but there is none.
....trichinosis till we discovered and told Him about it. He Just didn't want them to enjoy bacon.
except keeping any promises he made along the way, like Gen 1:28.
In spite of that, he often does 'splain things, as promised at Amos 3:7. But just where we would expect reasons, during his listing of the 600+ commandments, he limits himself to one, which seems to have nothing to do with the rule.
See Leviticus 18:4,6,21; 19:3,4,10,12,14, and many others. (Remember to back-substitute "Jehovah" for "LORD" if you're using a defective Bible.)
Interesting, isn't it?
While you're at it, read the whole verse 19:10. Good thing you're not a Jew, right? I guess Netanyahu hasn't got that far in his mandated Bible study. De 17:14-19
Cf. Ruth ch. 2. Remember that the Moabites were often bad guys in Jewish history.
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Couple of bible guys herding pigs.
"If he didn't want us to eat it, why did he wrap it in bacon?"
They only rule should be that all guns must be aimed to the north. 
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