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Giant pig traps Australian woman in her home
A pig the size of a Shetland pony has trapped a woman inside her rural Australian home.
Last Updated: 5:14PM BST 23 Sep 2008
Caroline Hayes and her neighbours in Uki, in northern New South Wales, began feeding the pig, which they named Bruce, when it appeared in the village 10 days ago after apparently being dumped in a nearby rainforest.
But the animal grew increasingly aggressive, demanding more and more food.
When Mrs Hayes, 63, tried to leave her house early in the morning to use the outdoor toilet, the pig bit her leg and herded her back inside the house, where she is trapped.
"It's a beautiful male pig but he's just so big and so pushy," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Rangers from the local Murwillumbah Council tried to rescue her but could not capture the huge animal.
"The rangers came out to my house yesterday with a dog cage and this pig is that big, it's like trying to put an elephant in a dog cage," she said.
"They tried for a little while and they couldn't do it. They got him halfway in and he just backed off and went back to my dam, where he was having a lovely time in the water."
"It started getting very pushy, started pushing me around, so I started to get a bit frightened, until the stage that it started knocking on my door at four o'clock in the morning, actually head-butting my door," she said.
"This morning, I wanted to go to my toilet, which is outside. I opened up the door and the pig pushed me that hard, it pushed me back into my room, where I fell over," she said.
"I picked up a broom and poked him out with it and he snapped it in half with his mouth."
The rangers are returning to the house on Tuesday to try to capture the pig.
Giant pig traps Australian woman in her home
A pig the size of a Shetland pony has trapped a woman inside her rural Australian home.
Last Updated: 5:14PM BST 23 Sep 2008
Caroline Hayes and her neighbours in Uki, in northern New South Wales, began feeding the pig, which they named Bruce, when it appeared in the village 10 days ago after apparently being dumped in a nearby rainforest.
But the animal grew increasingly aggressive, demanding more and more food.
When Mrs Hayes, 63, tried to leave her house early in the morning to use the outdoor toilet, the pig bit her leg and herded her back inside the house, where she is trapped.
"It's a beautiful male pig but he's just so big and so pushy," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Rangers from the local Murwillumbah Council tried to rescue her but could not capture the huge animal.
"The rangers came out to my house yesterday with a dog cage and this pig is that big, it's like trying to put an elephant in a dog cage," she said.
"They tried for a little while and they couldn't do it. They got him halfway in and he just backed off and went back to my dam, where he was having a lovely time in the water."
"It started getting very pushy, started pushing me around, so I started to get a bit frightened, until the stage that it started knocking on my door at four o'clock in the morning, actually head-butting my door," she said.
"This morning, I wanted to go to my toilet, which is outside. I opened up the door and the pig pushed me that hard, it pushed me back into my room, where I fell over," she said.
"I picked up a broom and poked him out with it and he snapped it in half with his mouth."
The rangers are returning to the house on Tuesday to try to capture the pig.
