Tavares Dennis and his buddies went hog hunting Wednesday looking for a family of four hams on the lamb. "What
we are trying to do is get the hogs rounded up in one area because they
are spread out. If we can get them in a concentrated area we can bring
the dogs in and we can catch the hogs," said Dennis. Wednesday morning a homeowner used their cell phone to record video of a hog eating dog food left in the front yard of a home. Dennis said he has just the right bait. "Right
now we are going to mix a component of molasses, dog food and corn. We
are going to dig holes so they can root up and get them saturated in one
area and then we can release the dogs and our dogs won't be all over
the neighborhood," Dennis said. Homeowners said the hogs have been
terrorizing the area for weeks, going through people's trash and even
charging kids. CBS Atlanta was there Wednesday when one of the animals
showed up...more
Here's the CBS video report
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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