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State encourages hunting of pigs

Columbus, OH – Wild pigs have become such a nuissance in Southeastern Ohio, natural resources officials are asking hunters to kill them. Some people call them Russian wild boar. Others call them razorbacks. But whatever you call them, they are destructive. Mark Hemming, a wildlife management supervisor with the Natural Resources Department, talks about the problem with OPR's Bill Cohen.