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Townsend Couple Recovering After Violent Pig Attack
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Posted on 05/04/2016 7:38:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin

TOWNSEND (CBS) — A Townsend couple is recovering after their pot-bellied pig attacked them both hours apart at their farm on Fitchburg Road Wednesday night.

Shannon Hernandez told WBZ-TV’s Nicole Jacobs that her five-year-old, 250-pound boar, Boss, attacked her, knocked her down, and cut her with his tusks. She said Boss was “edgy” because she had separated him from several female pigs who were in heat.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: maul
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To: BenLurkin
Boss was “edgy” because she had separated him from several female pigs who were in heat.

There is a Bill Clinton joke in there somewhere, I just know there is.

21 posted on 05/04/2016 10:29:19 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Better Call Saul (Alinsky). "Make them live by their own rules")
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To: BenLurkin

Pet pigs are usually affectionate.

This is rare. We’re talking about mini pigs here.

They’re smarter than dogs and just as loyal.


22 posted on 05/04/2016 10:34:46 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: BenLurkin
Townsend Couple Recovering After Violent Pig Attack

What is Rosie O'Donnell upset about this time?

23 posted on 05/04/2016 10:55:38 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Many farmers would do more than take his tusks off!! Rocky Mountain oysters, anybody!?


24 posted on 05/04/2016 10:59:36 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

My daddy was as country as cornbread. There was virtually no part of a hog that he didn’t eat.


25 posted on 05/04/2016 1:51:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: goldstategop

250 lbs. may be a mini-pig, but it’s still heavier than most humans.


26 posted on 05/04/2016 2:19:14 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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