PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has struck a compromise on a proposal to allow for the hunting of porcupines in the state. To make it eminently clear that people can kill ...

Last year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission stirred controversy when it established a statewide hunting season for porcupines. Animal rights advocates tried to block the hunt, claiming porcupines have ...

The thin-spined porcupine, also known as the bristle-spined rat, is a truly distinct animal: a sort of cross between New World porcupines and spiny rats with genetic research showing it is slightly ...

Wild porcupine might be a tasty treat in countries around the world, but populations of the spiky rodent are coming under threat in Vietnam due to illegal hunting Wild porcupine might be a tasty treat ...

The question of whether to allow porcupine hunting might be as prickly as the quills on the rodents. Porcupines seem to be increasing in the state, and reports of damage that they do to homes, trees ...

Pennsylvania game officials Tuesday approved a hunting season for porcupines — spiky, slow-moving animals that have grown in number and angered residents who say they destroy property. Hunters will be ...

PITTSBURGH (NEWSRADIO 1020 KDKA) -- When you think of porcupines, you usually don't think cute and cuddly. There's no enduring cartoon porcupine character. No one is rushing to film "March of the ...