RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 681 (HB 226) 2018 Regular Session Talbot
New law prohibits transporting live feral swine by any person not in possession of proof of
registration as a feral swine authorized transporter with the La. Board of Animal Health
within the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry.
New law defines "feral swine" as any hog, pig, or swine species, Sus scrofa, including but
not limited to Russian and European wild boar and their hybrids that are running at large,
free roaming, or wild upon public or private lands in this state, and also includes any hog,
pig, or swine species that has lived any part of its life running at large, free roaming, or wild.
Specifies that the term feral swine also includes any feral phenotype swine, whether or not
running at large, free roaming, or wild.
New law provides for penalties of a fine not more than $900, or imprisonment for not more
than six months, or both. Further provides that the provisions of new law do not apply to
"Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials" as defined in existing law.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Adds R.S. 14:102.28)