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Old 08-15-2020, 12:23 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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A trained marksman is to be deployed to shoot a wild boar that stole the clothes of a naked German man, Berlin authorities said on Friday.

The boar made international headlines last week after photographs of the portly nudist giving chase were shared on social media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wild-boar...152429522.html
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Old 08-15-2020, 12:28 PM
 
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I'd shoot it too, nobody should be forced to look at a naked guy. UUUGH!!!

The Speedos are bad enough.
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Old 08-15-2020, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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I hope that they use the meat for food.
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Old 08-15-2020, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Canada
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Unless that mother boar becomes dangerously aggressive between now and winter I doubt that she will actually be killed. In the first place, the hunter isn't allowed go hunting after her until winter when her babies are grown and no longer dependent on her for food, and secondly, by winter everybody else will have forgotten about her escapade with that man's laptop and clothes.

I think the authorities are just telling the public she will be killed in order to appease the public but I don't think they will do it. The public doesn't want to share the local watering hole with all the other wild animals that come to the lake to get a drink and cool off and scrounge around in all the garbage that the humans are leaving lying around. That mother boar probably thought that man's laptop and clothes was just more human garbage lying on the ground.

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Old 08-15-2020, 06:09 PM
 
Location: Dayton OH
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Many wild boar in the eastern part of Germany are still somewhat radioactive due to the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Anytime a wild boar is killed, a sample must be taken to a lab for radioactive analysis before the meat can be consumed. About a third have levels that are still considered radioactive. As this article states, you would have to eat a huge quantity of pork to ingest a significant amount of radiation. I cannot believe that someone will actually hunt down a wild boar over this trivial incident.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/c...ermany-n193596
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Old 08-16-2020, 06:21 AM
 
Location: Worcester MA
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Why did the boar take the clothes? I don't believe this is a good reason for a death sentence.
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Old 08-16-2020, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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Quite frankly, the reason for the death sentence doesn't matter to me so long as the animal is humanely killed and the meat is consumed and not wasted.
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Old 08-16-2020, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Oh that is like grody to the max. Homie in his speedo isn't much better, or should I say less repulsive?

I think momma boar should be given a Certificate of Achievement for exposing the ugly side of humanity.

She has kids. Leave her alone.
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Old 08-16-2020, 04:28 PM
 
Location: West Des Moines
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I have never heard of a baby pig being referred to as a cub.
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Old 08-16-2020, 09:38 PM
 
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What, finders keepers doesn't apply?
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