U.S.: Michigan wants farmers to depopulate all but what DNR considers 'purebred' heritage hogs

[Emily]

These are not feral pigs - they are healthy farm pigs that could be the genetic seed stock if disease threatens industrially farmed pigs.

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/...-usda-and.html

http://bakersgreenacres.com/?m=201310

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ETA:

Here's an article that presents the DNR side of things, but also raises good questions:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...stainable-meat

Michigan authorities accused of targeting heritage hogs, but are they?
April 19, 2012|By Monica Eng | Tribune reporter
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The DNR's Ed Golder said the order only covers wild or feral hogs, that the department identifies as Wild Russians or Wild Eurasians on the basis of physical characteristics. It's this use of physical indentifiers that troubles some who worry the inexact criteria could be used to target other hogs.
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Whether the order targets heritage hogs or not, it does leave many questions in consumers' minds. Principally, why has the order been so enthusiastically supported by industrial hog interests? And why is it happening in Michigan where the feral hog problem is so much smaller than many other states? ..