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Pigs on the run

2:21pm Thursday 23rd August 2007

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Pigs were left running loose on a road near Kingston Bagpuize in Oxfordshire when a lorry transporting the animals overturned today.

Twelve of the 220 pigs on board the lorry, which overturned at about 12.30pm, escaped.

Firefighters, including an environmental protection unit, were called to the accident at the junction of the A415 roundabout the A420 Oxford to Swindon road.

The driver of the lorry was treated by ambulance staff at the scene for minor injuries and fire crews were trying to stem the flow of diesel leaking onto the road.

The pigs remain on the run.

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Tom Thumb, Abingdon says...
3:05pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Last time I saw pigs in that part of the world, they had speed radar guns

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Hairy Potter, KB says...
3:07pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Maybe the truck driver had overheard some business intelligence b*****it in the vicinity

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Jimminy Cricket, says...
3:43pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Sombody should complain to the local MP David Cameron – he’s bound to find a way to blame brown/bush and blair for the stray pigs.
Maybe we’ll get him hunting round the KB hedgerows for pigs as some kind of photo opportunity.

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Peter, Oxford says...
4:00pm Thu 23 Aug 07

The pigs remain on the run.


I bet more effort and resources are poured into this than there was when they broke out of Campsfield.

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Martin, says...
4:32pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Southmoor is actually in Ed Vaizey's Wantage constituency. The comment may still be valid though...

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Albert, witney says...
4:40pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Maybe someone should call a Hambulance

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Peter, Oxford says...
4:49pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Maybe the pig's realised they were heading for Swindon and revolted. Their leader was an ex special forces pig. John Hambo.

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Peter, Oxford says...
4:55pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Alright, listen up, people. Our fugitives have been on the run for ninety minutes. Average hoof speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 2 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's names are piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy & piggy. Go get them.

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Nikki, Botley Oxford says...
5:03pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Does nobody think of the welfare of live animals being transported? For goodness sake, these creatures are far more intelligent than the few who have left their previous comments on this topic.

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jonny, south oxon says...
5:08pm Thu 23 Aug 07

you miserable cow nikki

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Mikey, Wantage says...
5:44pm Thu 23 Aug 07

I think nikki is one of the pigs that are on the run she must of made her way into someones house and managed to log on to the wantage herald website OMG SHE IS A SUPERPIG!!!!! I have just seen 4 fly past my window oh no silly me it was a police helicopter!!!

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This little piggy, oink oink says...
5:49pm Thu 23 Aug 07

I am not going to the market any more

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Wing Cmdr D'Arcy (Retired), Sythmoor says...
5:49pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Is one to assume one is a sandal-wearing vegetarian with unnatural tendencies towards porcines?

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Lou Bega, Wantage says...
5:49pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Oh dear we mite have a problem on our hands here!!
I Have just this minute walked down the shops in grove and have seen 4 of these pigs in a car they have even managed to put florescent stripes down the side of i t and all are wearing black clothing beware they are obviously looking for somewhere to sleep and hide out!!

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Tom Thumb, on the run says...
5:54pm Thu 23 Aug 07

So anyway, why did all the little pigs decide to jump out the truck and run away?

A. They thought their father was an awful boar.

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Seymour Butts, says...
6:00pm Thu 23 Aug 07

What a ham.

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Peter, Oxford says...
6:03pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Pigs on the Run? Or Hams on the Lam? You decide!




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Mike Hunt, says...
6:04pm Thu 23 Aug 07

So I won't be getting my bacon sandwich tomorrow morning then?

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Red Ted, says...
6:04pm Thu 23 Aug 07

It's a metaphor for the proletariat driving out their oppressors and attempt to take control of their own destiny. Their leader was called Stalin I think and it didn't work out too well.

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I.P. Freely, says...
6:10pm Thu 23 Aug 07

I'll bet the banjo-playing albino's in Southmoor will be rubbing their hands tonight... CAN YOU SQUEAL LIKE A PIG?

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Albert, says...
6:15pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Wanted = 220 Pigs
Reward = 220 Sausage Sandwiches


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C, Oxford says...
6:27pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Nikki wrote:
Does nobody think of the welfare of live animals being transported? For goodness sake, these creatures are far more intelligent than the few who have left their previous comments on this topic.
Intelligent maybe, tasty definately. Can't beat a nice bit o'grunt!

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g, oxon says...
7:12pm Thu 23 Aug 07

"four legs good
18 wheeler bad"

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DG, Oxford says...
8:05pm Thu 23 Aug 07

Who owned the lorry, Trotters independant traders?

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Mr Bitter & Mrs Twisted, Oxfordshire says...
10:10am Fri 24 Aug 07

Just as well the poor things didn't go further up the road .. theres a bloke who has been seen with quite a few pigs over the long years ...

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Tom Thumb, Abingdon says...
10:34am Fri 24 Aug 07

A friend of mine, Anna, who runs a local company, said first reports of 12 pigs escaping were wrong - she reckon over 100 had made a break for it. She also said there was a police helicopter out there and it was scaring the little piglets - they were scattering in all directions.

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Enjoy Slow Dating, Nationwide says...
10:35am Fri 24 Aug 07

You know the only part of a pig you can't eat ?
Its squeal. :)

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CK, Burford says...
5:05pm Fri 24 Aug 07

Saw the results last night...funny how lorries such as this seem to just fall over at roundabouts. Any prosecution for the driver ? Carrying live animals as well...no excuses

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