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Port Orange Yards Destroyed By Pack Of Wild Hogs

Thursday, August 14, 2008

The hunt is on for a pack of wild hogs that's been tearing up a Port Orange neighborhood. Residents in two different subdivisions in the city woke up to find their yards destroyed.

Hogs rooted up the lawns, piled up mulch and dug trenches, some a foot deep. It was a shock to residents who said they've never seen hogs in the area before.

"I mean, we knew we had armadillo problems, but I didn't think, you know, a pack of wild dogs or something coming to do this," said resident Niki Dunford.

The city has hired a trapper, saying if they don't the hogs will just keep destroying yards.

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