§ 2-38-504. Releasing hogs into the wild
(a) Except as provided in § 2-38-502(d), a person who knowingly releases or attempts to release a live hog upon public or private land upon conviction is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per hog nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) […]
§ 2-38-501. Definition
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Feral hog” means an animal or hybrid animal of either the family Suidae, including without limitation a wild hog, Russian or European wild boar, and Old World swine, or the family Tayassuidae, including without limitation peccary, javelina, and New World swine, that is or has been roaming freely […]
§ 2-38-502. Capturing and killing feral hogs
(a) A person may capture or kill a feral hog only as follows: (1) On private land if the person is the landowner or lessee or has the permission of the landowner or lessee; (2) On public land if: (A) Allowed by the landowning entity; and (B) The person possesses a valid Arkansas hunting license […]
§ 2-38-503. Animal health requirements
A feral hog shall be subject to animal health requirements established by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.
§ 2-38-202. Right of person taking up
(a) (1) Any person may take up any seed horse, mule, or jack found running at large and, if not claimed within two (2) days, may castrate him. (2) For this service, he or she shall be entitled to recover from the owner of any horse, mule, or jack, three dollars ($3.00), which may be […]
§ 2-38-203. Right to kill certain stock — Notice
If any horse, mule, or jack is running at large and cannot be taken up, it may be killed, if notice is first put up at the courthouse and at three (3) other of the most public places in the county, for ten (10) days, describing the color, marks, and brands, as nearly as practicable, […]
§ 2-38-301. Running at large unlawful when prohibited
(a) In all counties of this state where there has been or may be submitted to the people by initiative petition a proposed act prohibiting horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats, or any of them, from running at large in the county and at an election held pursuant thereto, the electors voting thereon have […]
§ 2-38-302. Penalty for failing to take up trespassing animals
(a) (1) Any owner of an animal upon receiving notice either verbal or otherwise that the animal is at large and trespassing upon the land, premises, and crops of another person shall immediately take up the animal and thereafter confine it so that further depredations and damages shall be avoided. (2) (A) If for twenty-four […]
§ 2-38-303. Notice to owners of hogs and goats
Hogs and goats when permitted to run at large are especially destructive of growing and unharvested crops of corn, oats, other small grains, and of winter cover crops; they are especially difficult and often practically impossible to catch and take up when preying upon these crops. To protect these crops, the animals must be removed […]
§ 2-38-401. Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for more effective enforcement of the prohibition against cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, or goats being allowed to run at large along or on any public highway in the State of Arkansas in violation of § 5-62-122.