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270-pound wild boar captured in San Antonio backyard

The big boar had been terrorizing the family and their pet pot belly pigs for weeks. So they called in some experts to set up a hog trap.

SAN ANTONIO — A 270-pound wild boar was captured in a San Antonio family's backyard.

The big boar had been terrorizing the family and their pet pot belly pigs for weeks. So they called Ortiz Game Management to set up a hog trap.

Monday, the family woke up to see the boar chasing a deer that had gotten caught in the trap. The experts then came in to get the hog.
         

Feral hogs are known to damage property in Texas neighborhoods. But last month, a woman was killed by a pack of feral hogs in southeast Texas.

The USDA says 2.6 million feral hogs live in the Lone Star State.

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