Louisiana’s feral hog ‘pigdemic’ shows no sign of going away 

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There are more feral hogs in Louisiana than there are people in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport combined—more than 900,000 pigs, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ latest estimates. You may think living in the suburbs or a city guards you from what researchers call the “pigdemic,” but you’d be wrong. 

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