Since the previous newsletter, the feral swine reports continue to trickle in, often from areas previously not known to support feral swine populations; these reports are often in the form of complaints to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) of crop and pasture damage from this “invasive species.” In recent weeks, USDA Wildlife Services and the TWRA have conducted some complaint-driven population reduction activities in Middle Tennessee and on the Cumberland plateau. USDA Wildlife Services has been able to collaborate in these activities as a component of USDA surveillance for Classical Swine Fever (hog cholera).  The State of Tennessee Animal Health benefits from these activities through concurrent sample collection for brucellosis and pseudorabies surveillance; of approximately 125 samples submitted in 2007, there have been no positive results. Private practitioners are encouraged to report known populations to the office and to collect surveillance samples whenever possible; our field staff can provide blood collection tubes, pick-up, and transport of any samples collected by clients or practitioners who hunt. There are few restrictions on the hunting of feral swine but hunters should consult TWRA for pertinent regulations; also, anyone handling or harvesting feral swine should be reminded of the potential for zoonotic disease transmission (brucellosis, leptospirosis, trichinosis).  Knowledge and control of feral swine populations and disease status is important in protecting Tennessee’s commercial swine industry and the state’s free status for both brucellosis and pseudorabies in commercial swine.