SHREVEPORT, La. — Caddo Parish leaders sounded an alarm this week over what they describe as a rapidly worsening wild hog invasion now impacting neighborhoods from one end of the parish to the other.

A wild hog, or wild boar, in its natural habitat. These omnivorous animals have a strong sense of smell and sharp tusks used for defense.© Mircea Costina/Shutterstock.com Headlines on problems caused ...

Hogs will eat up corn and peanuts that have just been planted, damaging acres of crops in a night. Some years the hog damage is worse than others but it has been a problem since his father started ...