Club members said when a family of wild pigs—a mom and eight piglets—started roaming the course a little over three months ago, they became an instant spectacle. Golfers watched them grow and protected them from golf carts and other course hazards. After sending dogs out onto the course on Feb. 21, groundskeepers and patrons witnessed two armed men emerging from brush and then shooting and killing all eight piglets.
Members of the Hawaii Country Club in Wahiawa, Hawaii, are mourning after they say poachers trespassed onto the property on Feb. 21 and killed a litter of baby pigs, KITV4 reported.
People who frequent the course tell KITV4 the wildlife is one of the great appeals of the Hawaii Country Club.
They say when a family of wild pigs, a mom and eight piglets, started roaming the course a little over three months ago, they became an instant spectacle. Golfers watched them grow and protected them from golf carts and other course hazards.
Property manager Tom Berg said the pigs never left the grounds and began to trust people on the course, KITV4 reported.
Within the past few weeks though, Berg says, on numerous occasions, he was met face to face with hunting dogs that were let loose on the property to corral the litter, KITV4 reported. And he says the course has been targeted before.
Over the summer, a beloved peacock was killed and Berg says some native species have become prime targets for the poachers.
After sending dogs out onto the course on Feb. 21, groundskeepers and patrons witnessed two armed men emerging from brush and then shooting and killing all eight piglets, KITV4 reported.
Though police reports have been filed, for this most recent incident and previous poaching situations on property, they say, concerns have been largely ignored up through this point, KITV4 reported.
It’s the reason they’re working to collaborate with local lawmakers to strengthen hunting regulations this upcoming legislative session.
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