Free ranging livestock may come to an end.

[rebelcowboysnb]

What livestock does not damage the ecosystem when it goes feral?

Raising wild pigs or any other livestock inside a fence should not be a crime. Turning it loose should be though.

 

[chickened]

I agree, property lines and fences are there for a reason.

What livestock does not damage the ecosystem when it goes feral?

Raising wild pigs or any other livestock inside a fence should not be a crime. Turning it loose should be though.

 

[Matthew3590]

Since all pigs are invasive and non native I guess we should kill them all. Better way to handle the feral pig population is to always have open season on them. Not forcing farmers to kill their pigs that they raise for meat or use for hunting. Fining the ones that let theirs go would also be good.

 

[punk-a-doodle]

http://www.dailypress.net/page/cont...rea-man-fights-boar-regulations.html?nav=5003

Permits, fence inspections, fees, and regulation make so much more sense. I do have a feeling it is lobby money and *not* a concern for the environment pushing this.

 

[Illia]

Since all pigs are invasive and non native I guess we should kill them all. Better way to handle the feral pig population is to always have open season on them. Not forcing farmers to kill their pigs that they raise for meat or use for hunting. Fining the ones that let theirs go would also be good.

Yep, agreed. It's a much better solution.

 

[booker81]

We have had open season here for a couple years. We've had fining of those who release wild boar - when they can be found to have done so, which is pretty much impossible with the setup of licensing and management of captive wild boar in this state.

It's working as well as the "War on Drugs" is working - not at all.

It's time for a next step - and because our legislator is nearly incompetent, the next step died with them (HB 4503).

This is the bill- it stalled out in Senate: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(xd...g.aspx?page=GetObject&objectName=2011-HB-4503

If there is any confusion - here is the DNR order: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10371_10402-248245--,00.html

This isn't about the big evil DNR and corporations being against the little guy. This is about a problem that is growing, without much control and no regulation, and the necessity for having rules. The DNR said - "Control the pig problem, or else in 2+ years they are considered invasive and will be eliminated". This is not new news. What's not being said is that the rules that were agreed upon are lingering and dead in the Senate - doing nothing for the farmers and those who do wish to raise wild boar types in a regulated facility.

Yeah, it's close to me - another fine example of the mismanagement of our state at the hands of not the DNR, but our legislature.

 

[sourland]

Politics at it's best.

As previously mentioned, 'free ranging' is not the issue.

 

[chickened]

Why not use the military? they are the governments free labor. They have heat detection and other means of finding and eradicating. If it was that big of an issue I think that they could control them in most environments... if they wanted to.



That is a lot of power for one person to wield... the director of the DNR

We have had open season here for a couple years. We've had fining of those who release wild boar - when they can be found to have done so, which is pretty much impossible with the setup of licensing and management of captive wild boar in this state.

It's working as well as the "War on Drugs" is working - not at all.

It's time for a next step - and because our legislator is nearly incompetent, the next step died with them (HB 4503).

This is the bill- it stalled out in Senate: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(xd...g.aspx?page=GetObject&objectName=2011-HB-4503

If there is any confusion - here is the DNR order: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10371_10402-248245--,00.html

This isn't about the big evil DNR and corporations being against the little guy. This is about a problem that is growing, without much control and no regulation, and the necessity for having rules. The DNR said - "Control the pig problem, or else in 2+ years they are considered invasive and will be eliminated". This is not new news. What's not being said is that the rules that were agreed upon are lingering and dead in the Senate - doing nothing for the farmers and those who do wish to raise wild boar types in a regulated facility.

Yeah, it's close to me - another fine example of the mismanagement of our state at the hands of not the DNR, but our legislature.

 

[RHRanch]

Why not use the military? they are the governments free labor. They have heat detection and other means of finding and eradicating. If it was that big of an issue I think that they could control them in most environments... if they wanted to.

My military tax dollars at work: Hunting down invasive pigs that irresponsible people released into the wild.

 

[chickened]

Enemies foreign and domestic.

My military tax dollars at work: Hunting down invasive pigs that irresponsible people released into the wild.