>> IT’S SOMETHING SOUTHSIDE HOME OWNER SAYS HE’S SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 19
YEARS HE’S LIVED THERE. A
FAMILY OF WILD HOGS SEARCHING
FOR FOOD IN A RESIDENTIAL
SUBDIVISION THAT HOMEOWNER
CAPTURED VIDEO, THE BOURSE AND
HIS FAMILY. AND HE’S SHARING
IT WITH NEWS. 4 JAX.
>>MARY BAER: WE ALSO TALKED TO
AN ANIMAL TRAPPER ABOUT WHY
THE SIGHTINGS MAY BECOME MORE
FREQUENT AND WHAT COULD BE
BEHIND THEM.
>> THOSE ARE LOOK AT PIGLETS.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, PIGLETS, A
RARE SIGHT ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF
JACKSONVILLE. HOME OWNER TOM
BOGER AND HIS DAUGHTER, DIANA,
SEEING A FAMILY OF FERAL PIGS
RUNNING THE STREETS AROUND
08:45PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT I
TURNED AROUND, LOOKED A LITTLE
CLOSER. WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH.
LIKE THAT’S A PICK. THAT’S A
YEAH. SEEING PLENTY OF DEER. A
LOT OF AROUND RABBIT SARMA DO
STUFF LIKE THAT. NEVER
ANYTHING LIKE
>> NO, NO. IT HAPPENED RIGHT
AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE RIVER,
BROOKE OF GLEN KERNAN
SUBDIVISION. THE BOOKERS HAD
THEIR OWN THEORY ABOUT THEIR
NEW POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS RIGHT
HERE BY JTB AND HODGES.
THEY’RE DOING A BIG
DEVELOPMENT.
>> CUT DOWN ON THE FOREST. SO
THEY’RE THEY’RE COMING.
THEY’RE THEY’RE COMING IN I’VE
ACTUALLY LESS AND DEER. I
THINK THAT’S BECAUSE THEY CUT
DOWN THE FOREST THERE. BOOKER
IS REFERRING TO THE
CONSTRUCTION IN DEVELOPMENT OF
MORE THAN 900 APARTMENTS
SITTING ON NEARLY 50 ACRES OF
LAND WHICH RUNS ADJACENT TO J
TURNER BUTLER BOULEVARD. THE
AREA USED TO BE A DENSE FOREST
BUT WAS CUT DOWN TO CREATE
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. WE
SPOKE WITH AN ANIMAL TRAPPER
ABOUT OTHER REASONS WHY THE
HOGS.
>> MAY BE ON THE MOVE. THERE’S
A FEW DIFFERENT REASONS. RAIN
IN THE CALLS, A ON FOR A WILD
PIGS BECAUSE WILD PIGS DON’T
HAVE SWEAT GLANDS. SO THEY’RE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE NEAR OR IN
THE WATER. THAT’S WHY A WALL
IN THE MUD DAY. IT HELPS COOL
OFF. A LOT OF TIMES AND IT
RAINS A LOT. IT GOES UP THOSE
CREEKS AND RIVERS AND PUSHES
THEM UP TOWARDS HIGHER DRIER
GROUND.
>> WHICH IS WHERE HOUSES ARE
BUILT. HE HAD THOSE
ENCOUNTERS. QUICK CATCH OWNER
RYAN BOYD SAYS HOGS BREED AT
AN INCREDIBLY RAPID RATE
SAYING THE FEMALE HALL CAN
HAVE UP TO 3 LETTERS A YEAR
WITH 8 TO 12 PIGLETS PER
LETTER. HE SAYS THEY CAN DO
ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE
TO PEOPLE’S LAWNS AND GOLF
COURSES ADDING HE DIDN’T THINK
THEY WERE DANGEROUS UNTIL A
CHARGED ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES.
BUT IT ACTUALLY CHARGED ONE OF
MY TECHNICIANS THAT WAS OUT
THERE WHEN HE WAS GETTING
READY TO SET THE TRAP UP.
>> SO THIS SOUNDS, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU GET IT HER PAYMENTS,
THEY CAN BE AGGRESSIVE. I’VE
BEEN BIT BY HOG. BUT NOW I GOT
CORNERED. THIS HOG AND GOT
BACK IN 2015 BOYD SAYS PEOPLE
WHO ENCOUNTER WILD PIGS SHOULD
KEEP THEIR DISTANCE. THE BOOK
ARE SAYING THE HOGS WERE AT
THE HOLIDAY VISITORS THEY
EXPECTED TO ENCOUNTER. HUGE.
>> MASSIVE. THINK.
>> THESE ARE ANIMALS THAT ARE
FAR OFF IN THE FOREST. I WOULD
AND I’M SEEING FOR YEARS.
>> ANIMAL EXPERTS SAY IF YOU
SEE THESE WILD HOGS, PIGLETS
BOARS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU SHOULD HIRE A PROFESSIONAL
TO TRAP THEM AND PERHAPS
RELOCATE THEM BEFORE THEY DO A
LOT OF DAMAGE. IT’S ALSO WORTH
NOTING THAT THERE ARE 2 BIG
GOLF COURSES IN THE IMMEDIATE
AREA WHERE THESE HOGS WERE
SPOTTED. BOTH THE PRIVATE GOLF
COURSE AND COMMUNITY AT GLEN
KERNAN AND THE GOLF COURSE
WINDSOR PARK.
>>JOY PURDY: THOSE HAS COULD
DO SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE TO OF
COURSE, IS FOR SURE. BUT THAT
WHOLE LANDSCAPE OF THAT AREA
HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE
THAT FOREST CAME DOWN. YEAH.
AND YOU WONDERED BECAUSE JT BE
RIGHT THERE. WHAT CAN THEY GET
ACROSS JTB, RICHARD? THERE’S
AREAS TO GO UNDER IT AND I
THERE’S OVERPASSES SO THEY CAN
GET UNDERNEATH THE ROAD. AND
IF THERE’S A CREEK OR A WATER
BODY YOU KNOW, THERE’S
CULVERTS THAT GO UNDERNEATH
JTB AS WELL. AND LIKE TRAPPER
WAS SAYING THEY’RE GOING TO
FOLLOW THE WET STUFF. IT MAKES
IT EASY FOR HIM TO ROUTE.
THAT’S WHERE THEIR FOOD IS. AS
YOU KNOW, THE GRUBS AND
EVERYTHING ARE COMING OUT OF
THE REALLY WET SOIL.
>> THEY’RE THERE TO POUNCE ON
HIM. NOT ONLY THAT IF
ANYBODY’S GOT GARDENS FRESH
SOIL, THINGS ARE FRESH ASSAD
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU
KNOW, YOU JUST ANOTHER FOOD
SOURCE AND THOSE NOSES ARE
INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE. THEY’RE
JUST OUT THERE MULTIPLYING AND
3 TIMES THE RATE OF RABBIT. I
MEAN, IT’S LIKE THE RABBIT
SAID, YOU KNOW, HERE, WATCH
WHAT I CAN DO IN THE PIC SAID,
HOLD MY BEER I KNOW THEY’RE
ALL. THEY’RE NOT HE. YEAH.
ERIN SULLIVAN, THE ADULT WEB
COMMUNITY. THEY FEEL THEY’VE
TORN UP SOME LANDSCAPING FROM
THE WILDLIFE OR THE THERE. AND
AS SOON AS THEY STARTED TO
OPEN THAT UP, BASICALLY, IT
WAS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOCK DOWN