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APHIS to lead 'nationally coordinated program' to manage feral swine

The USDA is moving ahead with a plan to attack the feral swine problem with a strategy that will vary by state and require help from state and local governments. In a 500-plus page environmental impact statement being published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and eight other government agencies announce a “nationally coordinated program” to control “damage and risks to agriculture, animal health, human health, property, and cultural and natural resources” brought about by a growing herd of feral swine. The plan calls for eliminating the feral swine from some states while managing the populations in others and eliminating them from specific locations. Read more at Agri-Pulse…

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kristin
Published on:
August 11, 2015

Categories: General

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