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"winnard" <8track1@ > wrote in message
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> "MoParMaN" < @ > wrote in message
> news: $ @ ...
>> /dynamic/stories/H/HOG_EXPLOSION?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
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>> LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Ranchers and farmers fighting the nation's
>> largest population of feral hogs could soon be trying to ward off
>> twice as many of the tusked, field-shredding animals.
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>> Wildlife officials fear the ample water and vegetation brought by
>> record-setting rains in Texas this year could double the state
>> estimate of 2 million hogs. The animals reproduce prolifically even
>> under normal conditions, with sows annually having up to two litters
>> of four to eight piglets.
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>> "We are seeing an absolute explosion," said Kirby Brown, executive
>> vice president of the Texas Wildlife Association. "They are on a roll
>> right now."
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>> Feral hogs are the most prolific large, wild mammal in North America.
>> Descendants of domestic hogs, they are found in nearly all of Texas'
>> 254 counties and in about 38 other states. Texas has roughly half the
>> nation's population.
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>> The hogs, which can weigh 400 pounds or more and have been known to
>> act aggressively toward people when cornered, cause an estimated $52
>> million in damage annually to crops and property, state officials
>> said.
>>
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> Then why doesn't Texas Tech recruit skinny cheerleaders instead?
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> winnard
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One word.
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CHICKEN FRIED STEAK!


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TEDWARD Said:

Eggs are really good for you. They have all the nutrition needed to make a
chicken.