Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Hogs, guns, and nine year old girls.

Yup, this is Florida. Not only are we getting overrun by six foot dinosaurs, pythons and the usual native snakes and gators, but now there's a problem with wild hogs.

The Florida solution ? Put guns in the hands of nine year old girls and send them out to blast the hogs straight into hell where they belong.

I personally have nothing against hogs, it's armadillos that give me headaches, digging holes without end and rooting around in my yard and making the dog go through the screen after them.

I also have nothing against nine year old girls and I have nothing against guns.
American citizens certainly have the right to bear arms.

It just somehow seems a little off kilter.

Oh, and of course, blame the Spanish for the problem

Here's the story copied from somewhere on AOL.

Wild hogs aren't native to Florida. They are thought to have been brought to the area by Spanish explorers, according to the SWFWMD. They root with their broad snouts to find food, which can greatly damage habitats.
"The District only allows hogs to be controlled through hunts when the damage they cause is at unacceptable levels, and damage is occurring more frequently and with increasing severity," the management district said.
Young hunters had to submit an essay about why they wanted to participate in the events scheduled for Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 at the Edward W. Chance Reserve's Gilley Creek Tract.
Cecilia Plummer, 9, of St. Petersburg, plans to hunt, she told the newspaper.
"They're creepy," she said of the hogs. She learned to shoot during a recent camping trip.
Each young hunter must be accompanied by an adult, and their guns must remain unloaded until they arrive at their hunting site.
Not everyone supports the idea.
"We don't think having a young child shoot an animal and watch that animal die before his or her eyes is a positive thing in any way," said Nick Atwood, the spokesman for the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida.

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