Wild pigs torturing Texas suburb: “I can’t go out there and start exploding” – AOL

The locals have beef with these pigs.

A pack of 10 wild pigs roots some chaos in the suburb of Irving, Texas, with locals opposing the desire to “blow up” the pigs as they wait for the local authorities to take action.

The invasive pigs torn landscaping and digging through the garbage bags until the locals were sleeping, without knowing that their arranged suburban yards were turned into Pigpens.

“A few weeks ago, I started to see some digging on the ground,” says home owner Eric Mendes in front of WFAA, adding that he had set up a camera to solve the mystery.

“To my surprise, the pig was on the camera,” he told The Outlet.

Not only one pig, but also ten, some of which are quite large and grow fast.

The city of Irving, who has hired a contractor to deal with the problem, and locals find improvised ways to deal with the problem themselves.

“My first thought was, as well, I can shoot them,” Mendes says at the exit.

“But I’m like, yes, I’m in a neighborhood. I can’t just go out there and start exploding. “

Instead, Mendes resorted to a slingshot and clapped two pieces of wood together to scare the pigs.

Wild pigs are involved in behavior called “rooting” – digging the ground for food, and sometimes only for fun from it, according to animal experts.

These beasts are also reproduced at a quick speed – with a pig capable of giving birth to two stretchers a year from six to eight pigs.

It is known that both people and pets attack both and bring with them an economic burden.

Wild pigs in the state of the lonely star cause damage calculated at more than $ 400 million a year, according to the A&M Agrilife expansion.

On a national scale, $ 1.4 billion is damaged by wild pigs, according to this study.

Already in November, a man -bound man was forced to repel from a packet of wild pigs with a gun on the air.

Houston’s resident Carl White said a pig from a package that terrorizes his neighborhood – even kills the pet’s pets – accused him while he was close to his home.

He pulled a pistol AirSoft when the beast “so close [White] He could smell him. “

LED light was frightened that the pig and the white fired several circles as it moved to make sure it would break forever.

“Just don’t get into a position you encounter or rotate, because then they really get nervous and come to you,” White told KHOU 11.