DETROIT, The Detroit News reports the state Department of Natural Resources and
Environment has declared the bristly swine an invasive species and given the
Legislature until July 8 to either impose regulations to breeding and confining
the animals or do nothing, which would ban the ownership of the tusked pigs.
The agency estimates there some 3,000 to 5,000 feral pigs in more than 65 of
Michigan's 83 counties. The animals often are the offspring of imported Russian
or Eurasian boars that escaped from area game preserves.
But game preserve owners say the numbers are exaggerated.
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Information from: The Detroit News, http://detnews.com/
