Judge orders U.P. hunting locations to kill off their feral pigs within a year

Judge orders U.P. hunting locations to kill off their feral pigs within a year

A Lansing area judge said two U.P. hunting locations have a year to kill all Russian boar on their properties. Or the DNR will step in.

Federal Judge Orders Michigan Ranches to Eliminate Feral Hogs by 2026

Feral pigs have been rooting up controversy in Michigan for over a decade, but now the fight is coming to a head. A federal judge has given Upper Peninsula hunting ranches exactly one year to get rid of their feral hogs or face state enforcement. At the center of the dispute are Russian boars, once a prized species for guided hunts behind high fences. State wildlife officials call them an invasive threat. Ranchers call them a livelihood. The leg…

State targets U.P. farmers in Ingham County court over pig hunting ranch - The Midwesterner

Michigan farmers and lawmakers are pushing back after a recent court ruling allowed the state to continue enforcing its ban on certain breeds of pigs, including those raised on small hunting ranches in the Upper Peninsula. In a hearing at the 30th Judicial Circuit Court in Ingham County, Judge Richard J. Garcia heard arguments from […]