Neighbor Stops Rampaging Feral Hog; Media credits Officials

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- The 200+ pound feral hog pictured above was causing considerable damage when one of the neighbors shot the pig with a .40 caliber handgun. From wbtv.com

Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement responded to the 4000 block of Wimbledon Drive Sunday where there were reports of a vicious hog that had been charging residents in the area and damaging property, according to Captain Jentsch with the Gaston County Police Department.

Jentsch said that a neighbor shot the hog before Gaston County Police officers arrived on scene and euthanized the animal.

The reporter found a neighbor who complained about the armed citizen taking action:

She said she now arms herself with a baseball bat before she walks her child to the bus stop in the mornings. Gray said she was also alarmed when one of her neighbors tried to kill the hog with a firearm.

“That was probably as scary as the wild (hog),” explained Gray. “Let the correct authorities take care of it. Don’t by any means try to go out there and handle it yourself.”

Grey’s thinking seems a bit muddled. She is concerned about wild animals in the neighborhood …Read the Rest

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