Feral pigs damage Marble Falls residential, school and business lots
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Crews began to repair landscaping damage Nov. 15 caused by feral hogs overnight in the 1000 block of Ridge Point Drive. Authorities blamed wild pigs for rooting up two other areas of town that same night, including the Colt Elementary School campus and businesses, just off Mormon Mill Road.
By Connie Swinney
Staff Writer
Feral hogs caused thousands of dollars in damage in one night recently at a local school campus, at least two private businesses and a number of residences, resulting in calls to authorities who contract with a trapper to help cull the herds in the northeast sector of Marble Falls.
The incidents were reported Nov. 15 and were believed to have been caused by a roving band of wild pigs possibly traveling in groups of half a dozen or more.
“They'll eat grubs. They'll eat roots. That's why they tear up the soil,” Assistant Police Chief Glenn Hanson said. “Anything that's under there falls victim because they're not delicate.”
Although Hanson and Police Chief Mark Whitacre had to contend with a string of reports that day, they say the problem is not new. …
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