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Man jailed after illegally transporting 117 diseased feral swine to Oklahoma, officials say (pseudorabies & brucellosis)

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Emily

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[h=1]Man jailed after illegally transporting 117 diseased feral swine to Oklahoma, officials say[/h] Many had diseases which Oklahoma had eliminated.
Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 3:14 pm, Thu Mar 19, 2015.
By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer | 6 comments
IDABEL ? A Broken Bow man was arrested and charged this week with illegally importing 117 feral swine from Texas to Oklahoma, and many of the animals had diseases that have been eliminated in Oklahoma?s domestic livestock population, officials announced Wednesday.
Samuel E. Richards, 65, is accused of attempting to take the animals to land he owns in Broken Bow on Sunday.
More than half of the feral swine tested positive for pseudorabies ? a viral disease that can be fatal to various domestic animals and livestock, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry said in a new release. Several also tested positive for brucellosis, which can affect livestock and humans, ODAFF said...
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http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crim...cle_5011a947-05f6-536f-9886-591da0402098.html

They were being moved from a hog hunting facility in TX to one in OK.
 
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