More on San Diego Pigs

[ltdann]

I smell a lawsuit....


http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/03/fish-and-game-faces-dilemma-fed-plan-exterminate-c/

 

[jindydiver]

Right now, the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are in the scoping portion of their plan to exterminate the pigs with cage traps, corral traps, shooting from the ground and from the air and with dogs. That period ends June 26. After that, the Forest Service and BLM will do a draft environmental assessment, which also will get a 30-day review by the public for comment. Pert said he and his staff will look over the document and add their input.
“It will be subject to environmental review, and all of the agencies will have to work together if this is going to be successful,” Pert said. “There’s no guarantee that the operation will be a success. We have to look at all the available options and make a decision. After taking the public’s input, we’ll have a full range of options, including the no project alternative.”

Sounds like they are wedded to the idea of extermination already and just want to justify it.

 

[Dain V]

No way will they be successful. First, the entire populated area would have to be fenced with hog wire, then divided up into manageable sections with more wire. In that type of topography the cost and terrain will prohibit such action. Then, even if they did fence and section off the area it costs a lot of money to operate a chopper in that sort of place. Imagine the grief the state, BLM and USFS will get from local residents asking why that money was not used to fund aerial water drops next time a large forest fire ignites. Also how much will it cost to monitor and maintain the fences, i imagine the local boys down there will make make sure there are large gaps in the fence. I would not worry about it, there will be a good population of pigs down there. I think if we look to history, where feral hogs have been released, except for small islands, the pigs successful expansion and population growth is inevitable.

 

[ltdann]

Dain V,

Agreed. What really torques me off is the amount of taxpayer money they'll spend to come to the same conclusion the rest of us hunters have already excepted as inevitable.

 

[spectr17]

So who's gonna show up at the meeting in a pig suit to stand up to them hog haters?

I vote for night hunting with IR scopes and bait and helo huntns. It's the only humane way right?

 

[Vermonster]

I vote for night hunting with IR scopes and bait and helo huntns. It's the only humane way right?

Even then Jesse, I don't think they could get them all......

 

[Dain V]

Dain V,

Agreed. What really torques me off is the amount of taxpayer money they'll spend to come to the same conclusion the rest of us hunters have already excepted as inevitable.

I guess common sense is not part of the equation when your spending money that is not yours.

 

[Deleted member 33033]

I smell something but it's not litigation.

"One of the big reasons the DFG can sanction the extermination of feral pigs in San Diego is that hunters do a terrible job killing them on public land."

 

[WoodGrain]

All I know is I want in on this! I need to get me some chops in the freezer!

WoodGrain

 

[ltdann]

I smell something but it's not litigation.

"One of the big reasons the DFG can sanction the extermination of feral pigs in San Diego is that hunters do a terrible job killing them on public land."

Somebody can kiss my butt. Let DFG go find 300 pigs in 1000 sq miles with the rules they make US follow. No bait, no night hunting, no access to land.

Those guys will bait, trap, aerial gun and have unlimited access to parks, refuges and private land. And WE'RE the bad guys?

 

[palladin]

Somebody can kiss my butt. Let DFG go find 300 pigs in 1000 sq miles with the rules they make US follow. No bait, no night hunting, no access to land.

Those guys will bait, trap, aerial gun and have unlimited access to parks, refuges and private land. And WE'RE the bad guys?

I almost jumped on that phrase myself but I thought it over a little. I'm hoping this is just a case of them using the incorrect term to describe something.

I suggest they aren't saying we are "terrible hunters" in general but that maybe we aren't as efficient at removing the pigs as is required to exterminate them.