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 Boar 
 Crashes 
 Church 
 Breakfast 

2008 has seen a rash of boar attacks

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Nov 28, 08 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Mothers and their children were eating breakfast in a Frankfurt church yesterday when a wild boar come crashing in through a glass door, Der Spiegel reports. The sow ran feverishly around the room and exited the same way it came in, leaving moms and kids standing on chairs and tables for cover. They were rattled, but unhurt; the evangelical church offered "psychological support" to any in need. More »

More about:  Germany • church • animals • pig • pigs • wild boars


 Where's the Beef?
 Being Butchered 
 in the Kitchen 

To get the best cuts and top quality, more chefs go DIY

New York Times New York Times Oct 1, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brooklyn eatery Marlow & Sons gets its pork by the pig and beef by the half-ton steer, and it's not alone in its whole-hog approach. A growing number of restaurants are sidestepping industrial meat all together, instead butchering entire carcasses right on the premises. There's some of the old "if you want something done right" mantra involved, but also a question of convenience, reports the New York Times . More »

More about:  meat • Brooklyn • beef • restaurants • pig • butcher • locally grown food

 Pigs Savaged 
 in PETA Farm Video 

Undercover film shows workers beating sows, slamming piglets to ground

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 17, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Undercover investigators for the anti-cruelty organization PETA have filmed shocking cruelty to pigs at an Iowa farm, AP reports. Pigs are seen being beaten with metal rods while a supervisor brags of jamming rods in sows' anuses. Unhealthy piglets are slammed against the floor and left to die writhing in a heap. The animal rights group is seeking the prosecution of 18 workers. More »

More about:  Iowa • animal cruelty • PETA • livestock • farm • pig • Hormel Foods Corp.

OPINION

Lying Corrupts Campaigns Just as Money Can

Maybe it's time for finance reformer to swear off fabrications

Washington Post Washington Post Sep 11, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - We all know John McCain wasn’t really offended by Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment—the one he pretended to think was a reference to Sarah Palin. “The whole controversy is ginned up, a fraud, a lie,” writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post. So why isn’t anyone calling McCain on it? Lies ought to be self-defeating, but in American politics, they're not. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • Sarah Palin • pig • lying • lipstick

Hunters Battle Invasion of Hungry Hogs

Tough, wily, feral swine are spreading fast through the US 

New York Times New York Times Jun 21, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hog hunters are finding their services in demand as the wild beasts spread across the country, reports the New York Times . The porkers—descendants of pigs brought by Spanish explorers, escaped swine from farms, and wild boar released by hunters—weigh up to 400 pounds and cause around $800 million in property damage yearly. Some are even particular to golf courses, notes the Times, which goes on the hunt with a crew near Houston. More »

More about:  animal • hunting • pig • swine • wild hog

Roger Waters' Giant Inflatable Pig—Found!

Remains of Pink Floyd alum's swine end up at country club

The Desert Sun Apr 29, 08 6:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bus-sized, helium-filled pig unintentionally unleashed by Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters at the Coachella music festival Sunday has been found—in two pieces—at a nearby country club, reports the Desert Sun of Palm Springs. "It is entirely possible that I have at least part of your pig," a woman wrote organizers of the festival. "I must warn you that it is not in good shape." More »

More about:  pig • Pink Floyd

 UK Pig Farmers Squeal Poverty 

As high feed costs drive losses, protests seek higher pork prices

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Mar 26, 08 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Floundering British pig farmers are on the march behind a curious protest song: "Stand by Your Ham." With feed prices soaring, UK farmers say they're losing $50 on every pig they sell, so they’re begging anyone who’ll listen to support higher pork prices, reports the Wall Street Journal. They've taken to the streets alongside Winnie the Pig, their 500-pow sow mascot, and a massive pink plywood cutout tallying their losses. More »

More about:  Great Britain • farmer • meat • pork • pig • feed prices

Pork Shortage Plagues China

Beijing dips into pork preserve to avoid crisis

Newsweek Newsweek Feb 3, 08 6:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Pigjacking is China's latest crime. Sounds like a joke? Crooks are scoffing the swine thanks to a boom economy and a pig shortage that has hogs highly valued. With a record winter storm stranding thousands and sparking unrest, Beijing is dipping into its official pork preserve—hoping to calm a country that gets 65% of its protein from porkers, Newsweek reports. More »

More about:  China • US economy • markets • pork • pig • grain

Deadly Swine Disease
Sweeps China

Virus sparks fears
of global threat

New York Times New York Times Aug 16, 07 1:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A virulent strain of deadly swine disease is sweeping through Chinese livestock, triggering a pork shortage, rampant inflation and worldwide worries about where the virus will appear next, the New York Times reports. China, one the world's biggest hog exporters, is refusing to cooperate with international health organizations and may already have allowed the disease to spread beyond its borders. More »

More about:  China • food • disease • exports • virus • pig • swine

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