Chronic wasting disease wouldn't affect wild hogs, though, and wild hogs are destroying the environment in Texas.
If so, then I guess we have different definitions of “destroying the environment.” Some damaged farmland, a few possible fishkills, and some erosion are blips on the radar compared to the damage done by industrial farming, suburban sprawl, oil companies, etc.
I guess it is nice to have a scapegoat though — or in this case a scape-hog.