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Bruce[_28_]

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 8:53:18 PM UTC-5, Don Wiss wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:24:50 -0700 (PDT), rosie > wrote:
> >
> > >On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 12:10:00 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > >> http://www.npr.org/2016/09/08/493073...nto-prime-pork
> > >> Wild pigs are a problem in Florida. Hundreds of thousands are roaming the state and destroying scores of acres of fields and crops.
> >
> > >We have a terrible problem with hogs in Texas too, they come in , and in one evening can destroy a yard, and thousands of dollars of landscaping. Some people eat them and say they are wonderful, I have not tried them and have no intention of trying them.
> >
> > I used to buy feral pork from Texas. But my supplier switched to Omega-3
> > pork. They feed the pigs flax seeds and the like. No sugar, no added
> > hormones, not fed antibiotics, no corn, no soy, non-GMO, high Omega-3, free
> > range, cage free, and humanely raised. The diet is more controlled. You
> > don't know what the feral pigs were eating. Some trappers put out corn to
> > trap them.
> >
> > I don't understand why you don't eat them, unless you don't eat pork at
> > all.
> >
> > Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).
>
> When I see them all I can think of is getting away from them they are horrible, eating any thing in their path , they are ugly, tusks etc. I just will not eat one.

I guess you only eat cuddly animals.