Wild Pigs
The damage wrought by one wild pig to a farm is vividly portrayed in Forest and Bird. This pig had only one tusk, but injured many dogs, and killed others that attempted to bail him up. He would not run when set upon by the farmer’s dogs but, holding them at bay when they caught up with him, would gradually make his way to the safety of dense scrub and fern. At night he would make his way right up to the farmhouse garden for food. He was also a meat eater, spring lambs being his favourite. He seemed to bear a charmed life, being either too far away to be shot or too close to the dogs, but at last a bullet caught up with him. Such pigs cause much loss to farmers and wild pigs in the bush do great damage to the forest floor.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 31, 30 September 1946, Page 5
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149Wild Pigs Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 31, 30 September 1946, Page 5
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