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Fred the Pig Caught After Mischief Rampage
BBC ^ | 10/6 | Nadine Yousif

Posted on 10/06/2023 5:28:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway

After numerous complaints of mischief in the city of Aurora, a 400lb (181kg) culprit has finally been caught loitering outside a shopping centre.

Officials say Fred, who dodged them for several days, is "always hungry" and "loves his belly scratches".

Aurora Animal Services knew they were looking for a pig, they were surprised at just how big he was.

It took about eight people and five hours to capture him. They now hope to find his forever home.

"He's almost like a dog in behaviour, so we want to maintain his life of being a happy, social pig," said Augusta Allen, a field officer with Aurora Animal Services,

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: aurora; colorado; pig; rampage


1 posted on 10/06/2023 5:28:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

A guy found this pig on the side of the road...

Not knowing what to do with it, he brought it over to the police station to ask what he should do with it. The policeman tells him to take the pig to the zoo. A couple weeks later the same police officer was on highway patrol and he sees the guy in his driving in his convertible with the pig lounging in the passenger seat, wearing a bathing suit and sunglasses.

The police officer, pulls the guy over and says, “Hey you! What are you still doing with this pig? I thought I told you to take it to the zoo!” “Well officer,” the guy replies, “I did take it to the zoo, and then last weekend I took it to get ice cream, and now I’m taking it to the beach!”


2 posted on 10/06/2023 5:31:35 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like Arnold Ziffel! That you, Arnold?


3 posted on 10/06/2023 5:32:03 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: Psalm 130)
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To: nickcarraway

If I find him on the side of a road, no collar, no identification, he’s bacon!


4 posted on 10/06/2023 5:32:19 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected. No Baggage, No Drama.)
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To: nickcarraway

That’ll do, pig.


5 posted on 10/06/2023 5:32:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

That’s “some pig”


6 posted on 10/06/2023 5:33:02 PM PDT by digger48
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To: nickcarraway

People who think pigs are cute when they are young have no idea what they are getting themselves into when they take them on as pets.

Better to just keep them in the back yard, don’t give them a name and don’t get emotionally attached…


7 posted on 10/06/2023 5:33:11 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: nickcarraway
caught loitering outside a shopping centre

In other words, this little piggy went to market.

8 posted on 10/06/2023 5:34:50 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo (“Sure we’ll have Fascism here, but it will come as an anti-Fascism movement.”  - Huey Long)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Polar Bears are cute when they are young, but I wouldn’t bring one into my house.


9 posted on 10/06/2023 5:35:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
> They now hope to find his forever home. <

It’s easy. Give these nice folks a call.


10 posted on 10/06/2023 5:40:34 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: cockroach_magoo

Thread Winner 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆


11 posted on 10/06/2023 5:57:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like a job for Yawt-Yawt

https://youtu.be/OEd0KFOhwpY?si=EmHjJUlaU0dBkb2R


12 posted on 10/06/2023 6:06:14 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food)
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To: george76

News of the weird from Aurora, Colorado. Fred the pig has been captured!

“It took eight people and five hours to capture Fred, who was found by city staff in front of a strip mall in Aurora, Colorado”


13 posted on 10/06/2023 6:25:08 PM PDT by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: dynachrome; MileHi; backspace; Balata; bboop; Ben Dover; Benito Cereno; BigEdLB; bluejean; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


14 posted on 10/06/2023 6:30:30 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: gov_bean_ counter; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; ...

400 pounds of Ham/Bacon/Loins/Ribs/Chops/Shoulder Roasts/Shanks/Cheek Meat/Ears for the Dogs. All ready to Brine and Cure, Marinate, Smoke and BBQ.

(Rectum and assorted other innards and Trotters for force feeding the zer0 the last meal after being convicted of the many crimes that were committed by the POS.)

Re: Loose Pigs. During one of the lean times of My life several of Us were working and living in a Auto Repair Shop and on Sunday we would go the a local Breakfast Buffet for the big fancy meal of the week and we would get the Sunday paper. In the Want Adds under Free Stuff was a person that was being ordered by the Health Department to get rid of all but 2 of the 26 Pot Belly Pigs they had. We instantly thought Free Meat !!! So we called and asked if they had any left. They said Yes but they Must go to a good home. We assured that they would be well taken care of.🤪 So we go and get 3 of them, 2 females and 1 male and go back to the Shop and decided to butcher 1 female and let 1 male and 1 female loose in the barely used City Park area to let them breed and then we would have a stock for food.

Well via the local grapevine gossip we hear that the city is trying to catch the 2 in the Park. After a week of failed attempts by the City, we (being Good Citizens) took 1 of the Shop Dogs and went to the Park. Let the Dog loose and within 10 minutes we were in possession of the male about 5 minutes after that we had the female in possession and went back to Shop to butcher them as well to get rid of the evidence so to speak. Then it was cure, brine and freeze them all up. So I guess the plan kinda worked.


15 posted on 10/06/2023 10:06:45 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: dynachrome

Re: Post 15, Sorry I missed You on the Ping.


16 posted on 10/06/2023 10:09:27 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Polyxene

Mr. Ziffel: “Arnold says he don’t wanna ride in the back seat Mr. Douglas’’.

Mr. Douglas: “You mean that pig can talk?!’’

Mr.Ziffel; “Aw now ya gone and hurt his feelings. He don’t think he’s a pig at all’’.

Mr.Douglas: “Well what does he think?’’

Mr. Ziffel: “He thinks he’s Lassie’’.


17 posted on 10/06/2023 11:37:33 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: mabarker1

You did some good eating!


18 posted on 10/07/2023 5:41:42 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: nickcarraway

I think it’s very hateful to describe Rosie O’Donnell as a pig


19 posted on 10/07/2023 8:02:22 AM PDT by keving (We the government )
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To: Carriage Hill

We survived OK. Beats eating goobermint cheese for sure.


20 posted on 10/07/2023 9:17:01 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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