Authors: Miranda Campos, Michael Gonzales, Kristopher Langecker, Josiah Moody, Meiyer Torrisi
Abstract
The topic of feral hogs and their invasion of the United States has been one of the major issues that wildlife professionals have had to deal with in recent years. The assault of these organisms has escalating at a frightening pace, with their numbers increasing rapidly throughout the last few years. These animals originated from Europe and Asia and became hybridized with the native species in the U.S. , and have brought with them a number of issues. With feral hog colonization and rapid increase has come many negative impacts that are posed not only to the environment and landscape, but …show more content…
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