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05-17-2011, 6:40am
Trooper shoots runaway pig in Spokane Valley WA
Posted: May 14, 2011 7:23 AM EDT
Updated: May 17, 2011 5:22 AM EDT
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - A Washington State Patrol trooper shot and killed a runaway 500-pound pig after the officer's stun gun failed to slow the animal.
The Spokesman-Review says Trooper Morgan Mehaffey first saw the pig running down a sidewalk in Spokane Valley in eastern Washington Friday after it escaped from a minivan through a broken window.
The trooper herded the animal out of traffic with his patrol car, pushing it back onto the sidewalk. Mehaffey then tried to slow the animal with his stun gun so some volunteers could rope it.
The paper reports that when that didn't work, the pig's owner told the trooper to shoot the animal.
Mehaffey says the owner had just purchased the pig for breeding.
Posted: May 14, 2011 7:23 AM EDT
Updated: May 17, 2011 5:22 AM EDT
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - A Washington State Patrol trooper shot and killed a runaway 500-pound pig after the officer's stun gun failed to slow the animal.
The Spokesman-Review says Trooper Morgan Mehaffey first saw the pig running down a sidewalk in Spokane Valley in eastern Washington Friday after it escaped from a minivan through a broken window.
The trooper herded the animal out of traffic with his patrol car, pushing it back onto the sidewalk. Mehaffey then tried to slow the animal with his stun gun so some volunteers could rope it.
The paper reports that when that didn't work, the pig's owner told the trooper to shoot the animal.
Mehaffey says the owner had just purchased the pig for breeding.