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Wildlife Summit to come up with new plan to control Staten Island’s wild turkeys
STATEN ISLAND, NY — An upcoming meeting between city and state agencies and local elected officials has one goal: to devise a plan to deal with “harmful” wildlife on Staten Island. And one of the main topics of discussion will be the borough’s wild turkeys. Mid-Island Councilman David Carr, Borough Chairman Vito Fossella, the city’s …
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Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5 billion in damage/year
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight years after a U.S. program began to control feral hog damage, invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a scourge of billions of dollars for farmers, wildlife and the environment. These prolific feral pigs were wiped out in 11 of the 41 …
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