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Chronic wasting disease wouldn't affect wild hogs, though, and wild hogs are destroying the environment in Texas.

• paulcole 8y ago
  The people in Texas are doing far more damage to the environment than any number of hogs could.
  • steve_adams_86 8y ago
    That doesn't make your parent comment wrong, though.
    • paulcole 8y ago
      If you honestly believe hogs are destroying the environment in Texas, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s about as hyperbolic as it gets.
      • hprotagonist 8y ago
        https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-plague-of-pigs-in-texas-73769069/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-plague-of-pi...
        • paulcole 8y ago
          Do you honestly believe that hogs are destroying the environment of Texas? If so, then I guess we have different definitions of “destroying the environment.” Some damaged farmland, a few possible fishkills, and some erosion are blips on the radar compared to the damage done by industrial farming, suburban sprawl, oil companies, etc. I guess it is nice to have a scapegoat though — or in this case a scape-hog.