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.
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.