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Beer-swilling WA pig meets tragic end
A BEER-SWILLING feral pig that made headlines for stealing six packs from tourists in Western Australia has met a tragic end.Main Roads in the region confirmed on Monday the wild pig had been found dead after being hit by a truck near Port Hedland. The pig, dubbed "Swino" by locals, had been hunted for weeks after raiding campsites at the De Grey River rest area in the South Hedland region last month. "We had hoped he could become our mascot, so it is a sad end for him," Fionna Findley of Main Roads said. I'm not sure why Main Roads would want a beer swilling pig as a mascot. "It is a very common occurrence for feral animals to get hit and killed by vehicles, but we are all a bit upset." Indeed it is. I once hit 4 kangaroos in the space of 20 minutes. The pig was said to have drunk as many as 18 cans of beer in one session, before sticking his snout in bin bags to find late-night snacks left by tourists. Witnesses even reported seeing the porcine predator picking a fight with a cow. Officers had been trying to locate the animal, who had kept his snout clean since his booze-up a month ago. I'm off into the Bush with some friends from England in a few weeks time and have been thinking about the hazards to warn them of. Probably the main one is Goannas (a type of Monitor Lizard up to 2 meters long), which while not aggressive to people, sometimes mistake them for a tree, and try to climb up them, with unfortunate consequences. Posted by: phil_b 2013-10-07 |
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