Feral hogs can’t catch a break in Georgia

Feral hogs can’t catch a break in Georgia

ATLANTA — After passing a budget that puts a bounty on wild pigs, Georgia lawmakers reiterated their lethal intent by enlisting cutting-edge technology to hunt them down. Feral hogs have been ripping through farmers’ fields, inflicting millions of dollars of…

Georgia's budget includes funds for drone-assisted feral hog hunting

Georgia lawmakers have passed a budget and bill to use drones to hunt down feral hogs, which have been causing millions of dollars of damage to farmers' fields, and to allow people to catch hogs without a hunting or trapping license provided they are killed upon capture. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.