Feral hog bait seems promising — Ep. 64
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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. ...
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Host: Jeff Zeringue
Guest: Dr. Glen Gentry
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Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency
Places: Louisiana
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