With no predators, feral hogs ran rampant until helicopters and infrared tech cut them by 90%

With no predators, feral hogs ran rampant until helicopters and infrared tech cut them by 90%

Fresh attention is falling on a Kentucky Facebook post after officials credited helicopters and infrared equipment with helping shrink the feral hog population in Land Between the Lakes by an estimated 90%. What happened? WPSD Local 6 reported that the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service removed more than 1,800 wild pigs from Land Between the Lakes in 2026. Officials said most of those removals happened in the …