Name: 野豬肆虐得克薩斯州，於是遊客從直升機上射擊野豬 (Feral Hogs Are Tearing Up Texas, So Tourists Are Shooting Them from Helicopters)
Uploaded: 2024-07-24T18:13:00.000Z
Duration: 9 min 9 s

I want to just come straight up and you come right at the pig and shoot it down.

我想直接衝上去，你直接衝向豬，把它打下來。

These animals are not your bedtime story animals.

這些動物可不是睡前故事裡的動物。

They're not Charlotte's Web by any means.

無論如何，它們都不是《夏洛特的網》。

They are aggressive, they are disgusting, and they will absolutely destroy everything they come in contact with.

它們具有攻擊性，令人作嘔，而且絕對會摧毀它們接觸到的一切。

We'll try any way possible to get rid of the pigs.

我們會想盡一切辦法把豬趕走。

對我們來說，這是一個非常嚴重的問題。

Turn to your right a little more, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, straight in front of you.

Wild hogs are one of the most destructive, invasive species in the U.S.

野豬是美國最具破壞性的入侵物種之一。

European explorers brought them here as food and the population exploded.

歐洲探險家將它們作為食物帶到這裡，於是人口激增。

After about two weeks of life, they breed very quickly.

出生兩週後，它們就會迅速繁殖。

Today, there's somewhere around six to nine million feral hogs nationwide.

如今，全國大約有 600 萬到 900 萬頭野豬。

They destroy just about everything, native vegetation, native animals.

它們幾乎摧毀了一切，包括在地植被和在地動物。

They carry diseases that can be contracted by our livestock.

它們攜帶的疾病會傳染給我們的牲畜。

Hogs eat endangered species like sea turtles and Houston toads.

豬吃海龜和休斯頓蟾蜍等瀕危物種。

They destroy property, cause car crashes, and can infect humans with diseases like E. coli.

它們破壞財產，造成車禍，還可能使人類感染大腸桿菌等疾病。

在我看來，這是一個嚴重的問題。

Wild hogs take the blame for about $1.5 billion in damage in the U.S. each year.

野豬每年在美國造成約 15 億美元的損失。

And Texas has more of them than any other state.

而得克薩斯州比其他任何州都要多。

It would be like if you woke up and there was three million rats living in your house.

這就好比你一覺醒來，發現家裡住著三百萬只老鼠。

You would call an exterminator and you would get rid of them.

你會打電話給滅蟲公司，把它們趕走。

And that's exactly what we have to do here in Texas.

這正是我們在得克薩斯州必須做的。

But since exterminating every last hog is impossible, Texans do what they can just to keep them in check.

但由於不可能消滅每一頭豬，德克薩斯人只能盡力控制它們。

There's no simple solution to a lot of this.

很多事情都沒有簡單的解決辦法。

The best way to control their population is a combination of hunting, trapping, possibly poisoning, responsibly.

控制其數量的最佳方法是狩獵、誘捕和投毒相結合，並以負責任的方式進行。

Helicopter hunting is the quickest way to kill a bunch of pigs.

直升機狩獵是殺死一群豬的最快方法。

Texans once had to pay companies to shoot hogs on their land.

德克薩斯人曾經不得不付錢給公司，讓他們在自己的土地上射殺野豬。

But a 2011 state law allowed anyone, even tourists, to hunt from the sky.

但 2011 年的一項州法律允許任何人，甚至是遊客，從空中打獵。

Now they pay the tab, and farmers don't have to.

現在他們付賬，而農民不必付賬。

Originally when we were hiring the helicopters, it was very expensive.

最初租用直升機時，費用非常昂貴。

The hunters being able to take care of the cost to help suppress these animals is very beneficial to us.

獵人們能夠承擔費用，幫助鎮壓這些動物，這對我們非常有利。

We don't like them, but their existence has left a business opportunity for us.

我們不喜歡他們，但他們的存在給我們留下了商機。

The typical number of hunters we see in a season is anywhere from 50 to 150, depending on how hard we work.

在一個季節裡，我們通常能見到 50 到 150 名獵人，具體人數取決於我們的工作強度。

That includes all of the lodging, meals, weapons, ammunition, and two hours of flight time.

這包括所有的住宿、餐飲、武器、彈藥和兩小時的飛行時間。

We have lots of groups that come for bachelor parties, birthday parties.

我們有很多團體來參加單身派對和生日派對。

We've had several people from China come visit.

我們已經接待了好幾位來自中國的客人。

All right, hold that right here on your left side.

It's pretty cool to watch people's face light up when they get to do it.

看著人們在做這件事時臉上綻放的笑容，感覺非常酷。

Got up this morning, got in them helicopters, and shot a bunch of pigs.

今天早上起來，坐上直升機，打了一群豬。

2016 年，我的妻子因白血病去世。

I raffled this hog hunt off as a charity fundraiser.

我把這次獵豬活動作為慈善籌款活動進行了抽獎。

He gave it to his dad, and I decided to ride with him.

他把車給了他爸爸，我決定和他一起騎。

你準備好了，我們也就準備好了。

You know, the pigs are tearing up land that other animals live off of, too.

要知道，豬也在破壞其他動物賴以生存的土地。

I've hunted pigs several times, usually on foot.

And I've probably killed 150 pigs total in 15 years.

15 年來，我大概總共殺了 150 頭豬。

After we shoot the pigs, we let them lay and we feed the coyotes.

打完豬後，我們讓它們躺下，然後喂小狼。

I don't see shooting them from the air as being a problem.

我不認為從空中射擊它們是個問題。

We'll shoot them more than one time if it's necessary.

如果有必要，我們會不止一次地射殺他們。

For anyone that feels that it's not the most ethic way to do it,

如果有人認為這不是最符合道德規範的做法、

I have never fought the pig problem in Texas.

我從未與得克薩斯州的豬問題作鬥爭。

Chopper hunting killed 43,000 Texan pigs last year, but that was less than 2% of the hogs in the state.

去年，直升機狩獵殺死了 4.3 萬頭德克薩斯豬，但這還不到全州豬數量的 2%。

So Texans have other methods to get rid of these hogs.

是以，德克薩斯人還有其他方法來趕走這些豬。

I've been in hog management now for 50 years.

My mom told me that I caught my first hog when I was 5 years old.

媽媽告訴我，我 5 歲時抓到了第一頭豬。

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