Wild Pig

Potentially another really good reason to keep a firearm around the house. Chicago Boyz reports that the porcine population in the US has broken out of Washington, and is rapidly spreading all across the US.

The map shows feral pig populations from Texas all the way to the east coast. The map, however, does not include Javelina and Russian Boar populations. I know that Javelina are fount throughout New Mexico and into Arizona, and Russian Boar are fount in NW Colorado.

Noting that the animals are thick in California, and a major pest on the Catalina Islands there, the high population is blamed on a local aversion to hunting in general. Not by hunters, but by legislators.

Which brings to mind the story of the Indian Raja who imposed a complete ban on hunting of any game, for any reason in his district. The place was soon over run with tigers, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and all manner of dangerous and pestiferous beasts.
The locals quickly grew tired of the depredations of the animals, and with pitchforks and torches, threw the Raja out of office.
This is a classic example of the reign being called on account of the game.