'Swine Bomb' Warning: USDA Sounds Alarm As Wild Hog Population Surges
By Hunter Davis
Fox News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning about a “swine bomb” in America, amid a rapid increase in the country’s wild hog population.
The department has estimated that over 9 million feral hogs have been reported in 35 states across the country – and Texas has the most.
The state has documented hogs in all but one of its counties.
Recent research in the state has shown “we have over 2.5 million hogs at the very least,” Tracy Tomascik with the Texas Farm Bureau said. “In the matter of a year, one female can produce 50 to 100 hogs.”