Pig in a poke: Oops, the hunt for a wild boar ends up in the slaying of a pot-bellied pig
by Thor on Aug. 20th, 2008
The Minnesota State Fair opens tomorrow and you'll have 12 days to eat pork chops on a stick. Minnesota DNR officials, however, were hoping some lucky hunter will track down and kill a wild boar that's running loose near Detroit Lakes. Read this to learn more, including the devastating consequences a wild pig can inflict on the environment. But there's more to the story, which was updated while I was making this post. It shots were fired, the pork-esque creature was killed and this is what it turned out to be.
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