Rep. Ober has introduced HB 1075
which voids 312 IAC 9-3-18.6(a)(4) and requires its deletion from the Indiana Administrative Code.
Hence forth, an animal shall not be deemed a “wild hog” solely because it
Has skeletal characteristics indicative of a wild or Eurasian origin including:
(A) skull characteristics of an elongated snout or sloping appearance with little or no stop at the eye line;
(B) a shoulder structure with a steep or razorback (predominate ridge along the back) appearance;
(C) hindquarters proportionally smaller than the forequarters lacking natural muscling found in commercial species;
or
(D) visible tusks.
The section goes on to restrict the possession and sale of wild hogs as well as their importation into Indiana.
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I’m not sure what situation has created the need for this legislation, but is it enough? Why not a state constitutional amendment so that “unelected activist judges” can’t tamper with the definition and also keep lawmakers from ever going there again. Oh, wait a minute, we only do that for one subject, don’t we?
I’ve seen people at Tractor Supply on Saturdays that meet those attributes…
Wild hogs are a big problem in some states. They’re basically vermin. 300 pound, sharp-tusked vermin with a bad attitude…
“They’re basically vermin. 300 pound, sharp-tusked vermin with a bad attitude…” But don’t they still have a First Amendment right to the latter? (:
This legislation is so boaring.
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