# @houstonpubmedia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CsEelSVAUjr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66405083-houstonpubmedia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-10T16:51:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jayla Rhodes (@jayrhomedia) — https://gondola.cc/jayrhomedia

## Caption

There are an estimated 2.6 million feral hogs in Texas. Predicting their movement patterns is not an exact science but they have some definite habits: they are drawn to water. During the colder months, they often invade communities looking for watered lawns to forge for food. This is often when trappers and called in to remove them from neighborhoods. As the temperature rises the hogs move towards larger water supplies to regulate their body temperature.

The damage is hard to calculate but conservative estimates are $500 million in agriculture losses alone from feral hogs. That estimate doesn't include damage to natural resources and wildlife. It also doesn't include the cost landowners incur from keeping feral hogs off their property.

🔗 Read about the damage feral hogs could have on waterways at houstonpublicmedia.org 
#feralhogs #TAMU #hogs

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