WILD PIG CHARGES
HUNTER SENT TO HOSPITAL (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) TAIHAPE, Tuesday A farm worker, Mr Thomas Theed, employed by Mr W. Brough, at Taoroa, near Taihape, was admitted to hospital suffering from injuries received through being attacked by a wild pig which he and Mr W. Findlay were hunting on Mr Brough’s property. The party came up with the pig in the bush and fired a shot, which dropped the animal. Mr Theed approached the boar, which suddenly regained its feet and rushed him, severely gashed his leg and inflicted other injuries. The pig was killed by a second shot. Mr Theed’s condition is not serious.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 5
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108WILD PIG CHARGES Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 5
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