Posts Tagged ‘pig’

Gas Leak? It’s Just Fark……

Relax! The farmer in Axedale, a town in Victoria in the south-east of the country, called the emergency services after believing he had smelled gas. But when the fire crews arrived, they found the real culprit – a 260lb sow the family’s children kept as a pet. Fire captain Peter Harkins said: “When we got [...]

Afghanistan’s Only Pig Quarantined

Poor piggy, so lonely. KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu. The pig is a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan, [...]