New technology saves TWRA money in trapping hogs

Published June 18, 2013 7:31am ET



NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? One, under a new remote system in use by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Richard Kirk of TWRA said the new method alerts an on-call agent, who can watch feral hogs in real time and spring the trap by pushing a virtual button on a computer or smartphone from miles away.

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