Slog - Comments on Stud Duties http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully A pony-size pig who held an Australian woman hostage for 10 days inside her home will be removed on Wednesday to a piggery, where his bacon will be saved by a stint on stud duties, rangers said. The 176 pound pig, nicknamed Bruce, kept self-confessed animal lover Caroline Hayes, 63, in her farmhouse near Uki, in northern New South Wales State, with aggressive demands to be fed, even headbutting her bedroom door at night. "I picked up a broom and poked him out with it and he snapped it in half with his mouth," Hayes told Australian media. In related... Copyright 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:53:12 -0800 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:01:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bellevue Ave NSW isn't know for the brightness of its citizenry

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150273 Chow Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:01:54 -0800 Comment by -B- A 176 pound pony sized pig? That sounds like a thin pig

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150309 Chow Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:27:10 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Shetland's weigh in at 400-600lbs. That 150lb pig was closer in size to a somewhat svelte Saint Bernard, but I'm guessing the type of "hostage" she was being held was something closer to the emotional variety than anything out of Cujo.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150362 Chow Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:11:32 -0800 Comment by Vince Feed the poor thing. What do you expect from a pig? Just look at Wall Street. Those pigs have an entire nation held hostage.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150391 Chow Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:30:43 -0800 Comment by rob She should have tried putting lipstick on it. Clearly that was just Sarah Palin's evil spirit roaming abroad after sundown.

]]> rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pig_bully#c1150514 Chow Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:01:09 -0800