Luckily no one was hurt but feral hogs are large somewhat aggressive creatures that are armored and have razor sharp tusks. That’s a bit different than the pot smoking wife beater it was designed to subdue. From Fox:

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — While normally effective on people, a Hernando, Fla., deputy learned the hard way that Taser stun guns do not work very well on wild boars.

Deputy Joseph Tibor responded to complaints of an “extremely large pig” tearing up a resident’s yard in a Brooksville neighborhood Tuesday morning, the sheriff’s office reported. He quickly found a 450-pound boar rooting up shrubbery and threatening a water fountain.

The animal then flashed his tusks toward onlookers. Tibor tried to stop it with his Taser, but the 50,000 volts had no effect on the animal.

The boar was eventually corralled into a neighbor’s trailer.

Sorry kids but there is only one way to deal with feral pigs, which are the most destructive invasive species in America, and that’s with a well placed rifle shot. It is rare but wild boar do attack people and can kill people. They more commonly predate small pets and the young of native species.

Encouraging hunting is the only way to take keep wild pigs from causing trouble.