Giant pig on a Pilbara cattle station, page 1
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Topic started on 1-6-2009 @ 01:31 AM by hande
Hoax or not? Very giant pig.

Source:
News.com

THIS giant feral pig was shot on a Pilbara cattle station after it was spotted eating a dead cow.

It was written off as a hoax by many, including WA's Department of Environment and Conservation, and sparked much debate when published on website PerthNow.

But The Sunday Times has confirmed that the pig was shot on a Pilbara cattle station near Newman, 1200km northeast of Perth.

Sources close to the family of the man in the photo have confirmed he is Pilbara pastoralist John Anick and the picture was taken on his property three years ago.




reply posted on 1-6-2009 @ 03:19 AM by Chadwickus
reply to post by shamus78


Hiya mate, another fellow West Aussie here.


Pretty hard to tell exactly what kind of trees are in the background although they do look like some sort of Eucalyptus.

To me the picture is genuine and from Australia.

The ute is what you'd expect to see, including the back hanging low from the height of the pig.

What the guy is wearing is what you'd expect to see as well.



reply posted on 1-6-2009 @ 03:34 AM by shamus78
A lot of people claim it's from Oz. I can see what they mean. One thing I noticed is that his ute is facing the way it would if you just pulled over, i.e it looks like the ute drives on the left hand side of the road.

I'm no expert, but I'm ruling out a gum tree, mostly due to the color of the bark in the photo and the leaf structure. Also gum trees seem to have very exposed trunks and the tree in the photo is a wide, droopy tree. But then again, I'm just guessing and would welcome anyone's guess as to what type of tree it is.

After searching around a bit I found out the poor guy lost his handguns as well:

Pastoralist Loses Gun License

While this guy seemed pretty sure it was a hoax:

An Open Letter to the Sunday Times

More readers comments, very interesting read:

Readers Comments

It includes a mention of Tenacity Contracting up in the Pilbara... for which there's no record of in the online white pages.

Then a search of Australian Business Numbers came up with this:

41 681 085 723 Active TENACITY CONTRACTING Trading Name 6721 WA

6721 is the postcode for the Pilbarra region. Will contact them tomorrow and ask around. It's always the easiest way!

Favorite quote from the readers comments?


Thats my Ex Wife hanging up there


Right now I'm cruising the highway around the Pilbarra region in Google Earth's street view looking for a sign for Wilarrana Station, which is where one person claims the pig was from.

I might leave it for tonight though (got too many things to do) so I'll get back to you tomorrow after work (about this time) and hopefully have some more info.

Cheers

Shane


reply posted on 1-6-2009 @ 03:53 AM by Chadwickus
reply to post by shamus78


There about a thousand different Eucalyptus species in WA alone.

So getting an exact match from that one picture will be difficult, even for a horticulturalist like myself.

Of course you could reduce that number by finding out the ones that grow in the Pilbara.

If you want to Flora Base is the best place to find out.




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