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[ZaraKitty]

http://www.abc.net.a...br /> <br /> Found this article, it's awful. Does anything like this happen where you live?

[psyche101]

I have seen it, the article take a pretty hardline view from a few extremists I would say. It's been going since I was a kid. I grew up on broadacre farmland in Queensland, and feral pigs are a real problem, they destroy crops and wildlife, and people are often in danger. I remember as a kid waiting for the school bus when a feral pig happened along, I was up the closest tree like a monkey.

I have not seen drawn out torture, but when I was young, few took up the dog/knife option, it was mainly dogs and guns. The dogs hold the pig while you kill it. Often a .243 to the head is faster than 20 seconds as said in the article. Usually the male too, he runs at you while the female and piglets head for cover. I have eaten wild boar, but it is not recommended, They are usually filled with worms.

Personally, having been there done that I think that the article is somewhat exaggerated and would have to had to look around a bit to find the right person for this article.

Kangaroos are hunted like this too, but I never took a dog on a roo hunt. I have heard of it though, and know some people who have done it.

If the Government is really worried, they should eradicate Pigs in Australia altogether, they do not belong here.

[Dougal]

Eradicate pigs from oz....but but but...what about your bacon?!

[jules99]

"Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?"

Agreed that there are irresponsible idiots that torture and dont look after their dogs......I even had a youth try to buy a cattle prod off me (electric) to make his pup more savage..      

Feral pigs are definitely a major problem that needs addressing and to ban pig dogging would only drive the sport underground. Perhaps regulations and an advertising campaign towards responsible, humane hunting might help..

[Sky Scanner]

We have wild boar around here...what poachers do is leave trails of food into open spaces so when they appear they can shoot them.......people round here are starting to take matters into their own hands when dealing with the poachers now. kinda nice to see the tables turned..

[and then]

Feral pigs have become so over populated that they can be killed year round as pests without any license required in Mississippi.  They can destroy crops and threaten humans who run across them in the wild.  I've not heard of people hunting them with dogs here though.
One custom that is a bit brutal is the training of Greyhounds for the racetrack.  It involves having them chase down and kill a jack rabbit so they'll chase the lure later.  The sound that the jack rabbit makes is almost like a human scream.  It's disturbing.

[hetrodoxly]

The Sky Scanner, on 18 July 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:

We have wild boar around here...what poachers do is leave trails of food into open spaces so when they appear they can shoot them.......people round here are starting to take matters into their own hands when dealing with the poachers now. kinda nice to see the tables turned..

It's not against the law to shoot wild boar in the UK.

[hetrodoxly]

"Pig dogging" i hope this doesn't involve driving your favorite pig to a local parking area.

Edited by hetrodoxly, 18 July 2012 - 06:32 PM.

[Sky Scanner]

hetrodoxly, on 18 July 2012 - 06:14 PM, said:

It's not against the law to shoot wild boar in the UK.

Organised forestry commission culling and private shoots on private land isn't, poaching wild boar on forestry commission land is illegal.

[Kasey2601]

The fact that it's conservation hunting isn't what bothers me. That there's a competition and videos put on YouTube bothers me. There's a tv show (or two) that I've seen where they talk about people who hunt wild boar with their dogs.

[g00dfella]

boar's are dangerous

Lady Kasey, on 18 July 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:

The fact that it's conservation hunting isn't what bothers me. That there's a competition and videos put on YouTube bothers me. There's a tv show (or two) that I've seen where they talk about people who hunt wild boar with their dogs.

don't see anything wrong with that, actually much more humane that how its done at these meat plants...

[Eldorado]

LOL @ "humane hunting"

[and then]

hetrodoxly, on 18 July 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

"Pig dogging" i hope this doesn't involve driving your favorite pig to a local parking area.

That's just WRONG, man.....on so many levels  

[lightly]

Eldorado, on 18 July 2012 - 07:01 PM, said:

LOL @ "humane hunting"

  Dig it Eldorado , but   whatcha gonna do?   They are getting out of control.   I like Jules point about  "responsible humane hunting" .. as opposed to the method described. ( sick the dogs on em , tare um up a little ta hold em stilll   ,  then shoot em.  BANG !  .. BANG !   ... dangit , i'm gonna run outa dogs!!   .    BANG!)   that's too hillbilly even for me..  i can't even kill a fish anymore! .  

[Super-Fly]

hetrodoxly, on 18 July 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

"Pig dogging" i hope this doesn't involve driving your favorite pig to a local parking area.

LMAO, very different meaning where im from, minus the Pig, ha.