Pig Bomb

Contrary to popular belief, I don’t eat, breathe and sleep politics. I do have other interests and dabble in writing in other genres. Right now I’m working on a humorous look at diaper changing for new parents and have a children’s series outlined. I’m also a movie addict.

I’ll watch just about any piece of garbage that’s on — just because. One of the things I like to do to unwind at night is to pile into bed and scan through all the movies and documentaries on Netflix streaming.  Well, a few days ago I came across a documentary type film that made me take pause just at the title: Pig Bomb.

Yeah, a million images of pig parts flying through the air or little pink piggy jihadist running across a field and ends with a “BOOM” did come to mind. Out of curiosity, I hit play and was a tad unnerved by what unfolded.

Here’s a clip:

You can watch more at Discovery Channel.

Hog Wild

There is apparently a serious feral and wild hog epidemic in our country. While I am sure this made news, I must have missed it. I seriously had no idea wild, giant pigs were tearing up farm lands nor had I heard about them attacking people.  These things are huge too. One was even dubbed Hogzilla.

I looked into it in North Carolina’s pork history. NC started to become a big pork producing state back in the mid-90’s and has remained a leader since.  For more information on NC’s pork industry, try checking out the NC Pork Council.

NC indeed does have a wild hog issue on its hands and I found an article in the News and Observer detailing the urgency and action being taken:

And last week, wildlife officials in North Carolina endorsed hunting wild pigs after dark without a license. That’s on top of a $5,000-per-pig fine approved last year to prevent hunters from transporting wild hogs and a nuisance designation that made feral swine easier to hunt or trap.

Much of the nation is now losing a brutal, few-holds-barred war with an exploding population of millions of feral hogs, and North Carolina is on the front line, with acres of field crops and delicate wildlife habitat being destroyed daily and the $1.5 billion pork industry at risk. Scientists say all the new laws popping up around the country aren’t likely to stop the expansion of the pig population that’s chomping and rooting up pretty much everything in its path.

That was in May of 2012.   Wonder what the status is today? Well, we apparently have professional services out there that deal with your Wild Hog problem.

Holy Oink, Batman.