r/laredo • u/baluga207 • 19h ago
Hog Problem Solutions
Seen many people get pressed about the issue but why doesn’t Animal Control handle the situation in North Central Park? Trap capture the pigs and euthanize them.
The city kills dogs and cats at the city shelter so why wouldn’t they do this for pigs?
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u/SirWolfCouncil 18h ago
Typical pet euthanasias are done with IV drugs. Good luck getting a IV line in a 400 lb boar. Then body disposal is a whole other issue. If city did end up doing the trapping they would need to dispatch them via firearms. It’s the safest and most humane way. If your wondering why dart gun with euthanasia drugs don’t work go ask the lady in Tennessee with the botched death penalty. Also animal control is probably the most underfunded and overworked dept in every city in America.
I do think there is a solution through multiple partnering tho. Get city to allow privatization of trapping in city land and have company trap pick up and harvest. Work with butcher shops and USDA to clear meat and sell it. Produce funds to offset some of the cost of system. It still probably a money losing system but less funds come from our taxes.
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u/Filter55 18h ago
Animal control doesn’t handle that, that would be game warden. Animal control did it for a little while but iirc they got in trouble for it.
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u/frawgster 18h ago
Because wild hogs are wildly different than your garden variety stray cats and dogs?
My grandparents had little fear of the wildlife I grew up around in south Texas. Bobcats, coyotes, snakes…no problem. They were handled without blinking. Wild pigs though? Yeah no. I was taught to steer clear of them. They’ll wreck you, and if they don’t, you’ll wind up diseased and battered.
Jose and Mark with any city’s animal control division won’t likely be equipped to deal with a wild pig.
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u/baluga207 14h ago
I understand that but maybe the state or county can assist? Like a separate facility and they use euthanasia methods they use for livestock. I know handling a pig is dangerous but why not use tranquilizer or euthanize when it’s caught on site and then disposed of.
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u/Imaginary-Offer-6089 16h ago
One guy shot at one at fhe rest area got arrested for it lol
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u/baluga207 14h ago
Yeah you can’t do that, can’t use bow & arrows either but you can use a javelin/spear. Those are technically allowed but would be best used for self defense
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u/dgtexan14 12h ago
I agree. Mind you, been walking there for 13 years and it has always been an issue but as years go by it is definitely getting worse. I was there yesterday and scared the shit out of me. I like to walk in the evenings and about a 15 litter family with the mom and dad were sleeping on the side. Didn’t even saw them there till I was already next to them because it was dark. Thankfully they were chilling, but it always puts me so tense. Not even a minute more later another litter of about 10-15 too were also chilling there. It is a disaster waiting to happen, mark my words.
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u/vandamninator 19h ago
Your first problem is thinking/asking animal control to actually do something. I don’t think in 30+ years in Laredo I have ever heard of animal control ever lifting a finger to do their job.