http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/us/midwest-farmers-on-alert-as-pig-thieves-strike.html
New York Times 24 September 2011Midwest Farmers Are on Alert Against Pig Thieves
By MONICA DAVEY
LAFAYETTE, Minn. - Here in pig country, the pigs are vanishing."Hundreds of pigs don't just disappear," said Marc Chadderdon, asheriff's investigator in Nicollet County.This month, 150 pigs - each one weighing more than an average grownman - disappeared from a farm building in Lafayette despite deadboltson its doors.
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Showing posts with label pig. Show all posts
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
An extra mouth to feed
This tiny porker has an excuse for making a pig of himself at mealtimes - he really does have two mouths to feed.
The two-month-old youngster - part of a litter born on a farm in Deshengtang, Jilin province, northern China - can use both his mouths to eat and appears otherwise normal, say his owners.
Farmer Li Zhenjun and his wife Yu Wanfen named the piglet Xiaobao - or 'Babe' in English - after the movie about an extraordinary talking pig.
Li explained: "The mouths aren't much of an advantage because his head is very heavy and he gets pushed around by the others.
"I'm feeding her with a bottle now and she's doing very well."
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/An_extra_mouth_to_feed
The two-month-old youngster - part of a litter born on a farm in Deshengtang, Jilin province, northern China - can use both his mouths to eat and appears otherwise normal, say his owners.
Farmer Li Zhenjun and his wife Yu Wanfen named the piglet Xiaobao - or 'Babe' in English - after the movie about an extraordinary talking pig.
Li explained: "The mouths aren't much of an advantage because his head is very heavy and he gets pushed around by the others.
"I'm feeding her with a bottle now and she's doing very well."
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/An_extra_mouth_to_feed
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Guatemala pig 'alien' born with mutant head after UFOs seen in the sky
Aliens have been blamed for the freakish appearance of a pig born in the remote village of Santa Cruz El Chol in Guatemala.
Residents of the South American village have decided that the pig's odd human-shaped head is the doing of visitors from outer space, after strange bright lights were spotted hovering in the sky on the night of its birth.
The poor pig, which is one of a litter of 11, has been described as looking like a cross between a human and something from the Alien movies.
Farmer Laureano Escobar Arias said: 'I was shocked - it was a really terrifying experience.
'It looked like some kind of alien creature.'
However, local health officials have suggested that there are more earthly reasons for the pig's appearance.
'We don't know for certain but it could have been caused by a genetic problem or by environmental pollution,' one commented.
A bit closer to home, pathologists are investigating a series of animal mutilations in Wales, with aliens once again the suspected culprits.
It is thought that the surgical-style injuries are too sophisticated for other animals to cause and, once again, bright lights were seen near the scene.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/874187-guatemala-pig-alien-born-after-ufos-seen-in-the-sky#ixzz1X4qWKrtU
Residents of the South American village have decided that the pig's odd human-shaped head is the doing of visitors from outer space, after strange bright lights were spotted hovering in the sky on the night of its birth.
The poor pig, which is one of a litter of 11, has been described as looking like a cross between a human and something from the Alien movies.
Farmer Laureano Escobar Arias said: 'I was shocked - it was a really terrifying experience.
'It looked like some kind of alien creature.'
However, local health officials have suggested that there are more earthly reasons for the pig's appearance.
'We don't know for certain but it could have been caused by a genetic problem or by environmental pollution,' one commented.
A bit closer to home, pathologists are investigating a series of animal mutilations in Wales, with aliens once again the suspected culprits.
It is thought that the surgical-style injuries are too sophisticated for other animals to cause and, once again, bright lights were seen near the scene.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/874187-guatemala-pig-alien-born-after-ufos-seen-in-the-sky#ixzz1X4qWKrtU
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