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Here piggy,piggy,piggy...460 piglets worth about £24,000 stolen
BBC On-Line ^
| Monday, 23 February, 2004
| staff writer
Posted on 02/23/2004 5:57:57 AM PST by yankeedame
Last Updated: Monday, 23 February, 2004, 11:28 GMT
Piglets worth £24,000 are stolen
The stolen pigs are too small for slaughter
Thieves made off with more than 460 piglets worth about £24,000 from a farm building at Elveden, in Suffolk. The pigs weighing between eight kilograms and 90 kilograms, were taken at the weekend.
Police were hoping the theft was witnessed by someone travelling on the busy A11, which runs by the farm.
They said the offenders forced open the farm gates to allow access to the buildings and removed the pigs using a large twin-axle goods vehicle.
John Green, who manages the pigs for Elveden Farms Ltd, said the pigs were between six and 22 weeks old and too young for slaughtering.
It is thought they are being held in a barn or outbuilding.
Anyone with information about the pigs is asked to ring Suffolk Police.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bringinghomethebacon; theft
Ok, let guestimate a little here: £24,000 x 1.86US (last known exchange rate by your's truly)= US$44,681.85 / 460 piggies = US$97.13...a piggy??
To: yankeedame
"Feed'em to the pigs, Erold!"
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posted on
02/23/2004 5:59:30 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Principles, not blind loyalty)
To: yankeedame
Sounds low to me, but I'm a supermarket carnivore. The cops should just follow the smell...
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posted on
02/23/2004 5:59:51 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: yankeedame
I belive we can rule out muslims and jews this time around.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:00:10 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(you win wars by making the other dumb SOB die for his country)
To: cripplecreek
Yes, I was about to say, this is the one time when an FAA accident investigator could get on TV and say "There is no evidence of terrorism." and be believed.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:08:47 AM PST
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: yankeedame
Small suckling pig is quite tasty. Mmmm.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:11:26 AM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(KILL-9 needs no justification.)
To: cripplecreek
Not so sure about the Muslims. They may have in mind to drive them down streets ahead of themselves, as a diversion whilst they engage in really malicious mischief, when all the English go off in pursuit of the fleeing pigs....
To: cripplecreek
I blame the DAnes:
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:12:47 AM PST
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: yankeedame
May I suggest a shipping address in Ramallah?
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:14:08 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
("What do I know? I'm just the President." - George W. Bush, Superbowl XXXVIII pregame statement)
To: yankeedame
... with an oink oink here, an oink oink there ...
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:17:25 AM PST
by
catpuppy
To: yankeedame
460 pigs should be easy to find. just use your nose.
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posted on
02/23/2004 7:34:13 AM PST
by
camas
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