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Steve Pollick: Amendment to wild hog bill in Ohio should allow some hunting

Feral swine have long snouts and tusks that allow them to rip and root their way across the landscape in search of food. (USDA photo)

Ohio hunters would lose their opportunity to shoot “Hogzilla” under legislation that has passed the Ohio House of Representatives and which awaits action in the Senate when sessions resume this fall. Maybe that’s OK.
The legislation, House Bill 503, drops the hammer on feral swine or wild boar in Ohio, and it whistled through the House 89-0 – this in a statehouse that cannot agree on lunch. That alone can raise eyebrows in wondering what’s up with that.

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