Missouri's feral hog population has plummeted after nearly a decade of conservation and management efforts through Mizzou. Here's why.

Over 600 Missouri residents aid in reducing feral hogs by 35% in 2024, reports the University of Missouri. Wildlife conservation continues to face challenges.

From the South Bay to the East Bay, reports of sightings and damage from feral pigs are increasing. They're destroying yards and wildlands and some agencies are hiring hog removal services.

With a 4-1 vote, the Limerick Township board of supervisors on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 adopted an ordinance outlawing the "feeding and keeping of wild animals." It includes feral cats.

Private and public cooperators have worked together to reduce Missouri feral hog numbers with a trend noted since 2016.

By Pamela Comme Click here for updates on this story FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A quiet Flagler County neighborhood has become ground zero for an invasion of feral hogs tearing up lawns ...

SALEM, Mo. – Feral hog occupancy of Missouri watersheds has fallen 84% since 2016 when the state’s Feral Hog Elimination Partnership began. Funded by the U.S. Farm Bill and managed by the Missouri ...

Feral hogs are a persistent and costly threat to U.S. crop and livestock production, inflicting over $1.6 billion in damages annually, including considerable labor costs.

Kevin Crider, University of Missouri Extension cooperative feral hog outreach educator, says 5,105 feral hogs were removed from Missouri watershed areas by aerial operations and trapping in 2024.

Feral hogs, descendants of animals brought by early explorers and later supplemented by Eurasian wild boars for sport hunting, have been present in North America since the 1500s, according to a ...

For more than a decade, Arkansas Fish and Game agents have been eradicating wild boars and feral hogs.

Feral hogs have long been a thorn in the side of Arkansas, causing millions in damages and wreaking havoc on the environment. But a decade-long effort to tackle this porcine problem is finally ...