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May 28, 2007
An eleven year old boy from Alabama has killed what may possibly be a record-setting wild boar. Jamison Stone has killed a "monster pig" using a . 50 caliber revolver, an animal his father claims weighs nearly 250 pounds heavier than the famed wild hog "Hogzilla" that that was shot and killed in Alapaha, Georgia. According to the examiners, Hogzilla, which was originally thought to weigh 1,000 pounds and measure 12 feet long, actually weighed only 800 lbs. and was just 8 feet long. The hunt however gained so much media attention that an independent film maker planned to make it into a movie titled "The Legend of Hogzilla. " As it stands, the hunt comes as no less than an accomplishment to Jamison who killed his first deer at age 5, according to the AP reports. Jamison said he chased the hog for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot. Stone, who has also bagged a role in the horror flick "The Legend of Hogzilla," however says he still prefers hunting pheasants to monster pigs.
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February 5, 2007
Topics taiwan, pig, couple, afp, asian, church, house, children, dog, money, news and pigs
In the strangest ever union, a pig and her better half "tied the knot" in a special ceremony with well-wishers showering their blessings on the couple at a small town in northeastern Taiwan. The "bridegroom," - a 40 pound boar, and his "bride," just a few pounds lighter entered their marital bliss in a lavish ceremony presided over by local magistrate Lu Kuo-hwa on Monday.
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January 29, 2007
According to the AP, when Fidel Castro dies, the city of Miami is going to throw a huge party at Little Havana's Orange Bowl Stadium. And not only that; a special committee is being appointed to decide what will be on the event t-shirts, who will perform at the celebration, and just how long the celebration is going to last. The committee is not concentrating on Castro's death, but on the festivities of the biggest event in the lives of Cubans. The Orange Bowl was not chosen randomly. Tomas Ragalado, City Commissioner and Cuban American, wanted to use the stadium because in 1961 it was where President Kennedy promised a free Cuba after the Bay of Pigs. Also, the stadium was used as a camp for Mariel refugees in 1980. Ragalado compares the celebration to the Falling of the Berlin Wall. The stadium will not be a mandatory site for the event. The streets of Little Havana most likely will be filled with merriment as well.
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January 12, 2007
While the world is inundated with problems of population explosion, a state in Germany is facing a sudden rise in the population of pigs. The population of pigs has reportedly overshot the number of people residing in the state of Lower Saxony, the pig capital of pork-loving Germany. For the first time in a span of 20 years, the number of swine hit 8. 02 million in 2006, as good prices led to increased herd numbers, the state farmers' association said Thursday.
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January 10, 2007
A farmer's house in northern Serbia was set ablaze when three pigs broke into his house in his absence and destroyed the electric equipment. The incident took place on Monday when the farmer was out of his home and the three pigs broke out of their pen, walked into the living room and knocked over the television. According to police reports, the burst television tube triggered off the blaze that spread through the house late evening in Temerin, 50 miles northwest of Belgrade.
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