Feral hog bait seems promising — Ep. 64

About this episode

Dr. Glen Gentry discusses efforts to control the feral hog population in Louisiana and the challenges of getting new bait approved.

Send us Fan Mail For more than a decade, Dr. Glen Gentry and a team have been working on a way to curb the population explosion of feral hogs in Louisiana. An example, he said if Louisiana had 1 million feral hogs, 750,000 would have to be eliminated every year to keep the population at 1 million. However promising, the process of getting it approved through the Environmental Protection Agency is still a decade away. Gentry talks about the bait and what is the next phase to get it to market. ...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Zeringue

Guest: Dr. Glen Gentry

Topics covered

• feral hogs
• population control
• environmental science
• wildlife management
• bait development

Keywords

• feral hogs
• Louisiana
• population control
• bait
• Environmental Protection Agency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency

Places: Louisiana

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