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Rep. Rob Clifton presents bill to ease feral-hog controls, allow drones on private property
Summary
Rep. Rob Clifton told the Natural Resources and the Environment committee the bill would remove seasons, permits and licenses for taking feral hogs and allow use of personal drones on private property to locate animals; committee members asked DNR about expanding language to other invasive species and agreed to return with amendments.
Rep. Rob Clifton introduced House Bill 946 to the Natural Resources and the Environment committee, saying the measure would "make it much easier" for landowners to locate and kill feral hogs and would permit personal drones on private property for that purpose.
Clifton framed the problem as severe for farmers and landowners, citing an estimate from UGA Extension that "an estimated $150,000,000" in damage occurs annually and later offering a larger transcribed figure he described as "somewhere between $202,150,000,000." He told the committee "this is the feral hog bill" and said the draft deletes…
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