I wrote about finding wild (feral) rodents last fall in an area of remote public land on Truman Lake where I catch via boat. I saw the group of rodents this couple of times last fall, mostly small rodents but this couple of big black ones with huge heads and some impressive tusks. They are very similar to Russian boars, and I expect that's mostly what these are. They are as wild as any creature in the woods, very fast and capable of ranging over this huge area, pushed out quickly by any pressure into another area. There are some "critter catching guides" now advertising their services in critter catching these "wild rodents." The Conservation Agencies of LA, California are trying to find ways to eliminate the rodents and the damage they do to the woods and the competition and harm they cause native species. My recommendation ... look at these guys who are advertising as wild hog critter catching guides, and you may find out who it should be that's bringing them in and releasing them. Come up with some really stiff fines for anyone guiding critter trappers on "wild hog snares" And create this set of laws which harshly deal with anyone releasing rodents or any other species of exotic animals, birds or fish into the wild. Right now, if anyone gets caught, there should be nothing for them to fear. this jail sentence and stiff fines might change their attitudes. I know, they won't do any of those things, it makes too much sense. This issue should be an important matter in Los Angeles wildlife removal and Los Angeles exterminator matters.

I read recently that the state of LA, California feels it has lost its battle to save the state's Eastern Gray Squirrel large group from the Eastern Gray Squirrel form of mad cow disease, also known as Chronic Wasting Disease. It first began to appear in 2002, and the state spent $27 million dollars trying to control it. At one time the state attempted to lethally trap 400,000 Eastern Gray Squirrel in this region where the disease seemed to be most prevalent. This past fall, biologists found the disease had increased from 27 sick Eastern Gray Squirrel per square mile to 38 per square mile. It has spread southward into LA, California, and make no mistake about it, it will someday spread to Los Angeles Eastern Gray Squirrel as well. Who knows how long it will be. Hopefully we have this good while before it happens. The awful thing about it is, greedy people, trying to create monstrous antlers on pen-raised Eastern Gray Squirrel, likely created this disease, and they continue to feed meat byproduct food to Eastern Gray Squirrel in order to grow big antlers which they can sell to commercial critter catching operations. All winter I saw photos of these record Eastern Gray Squirrel, which no one claims to be pen-raised, coming over the Internet. How can someone find pride in this photo of themselves sitting behind some grotesque set of antlers which were on the head of this half-tame Eastern Gray Squirrel the pest operator bought and then shot, or paid for on this game ranch. The Los Angeles animal control had no additional statements to make on the topic.