Tuesday, October 30, 2018
ODDLY ENOUGH
Doggy bag: Beagle intercepts roast pig at Atlanta airport
ATLANTA
A passenger traveling from Ecuador was relieved of leftovers when an intrepid beagle found a roasted pig’s head in baggage at the world’s busiest airport.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the Agriculture Detector dog named Hardy alerted to the baggage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Oct. 11. CBP agriculture specialists then discovered a 2-pound cooked pig’s head, which was seized and destroyed.
The agency says pork and pork products from other continents are not allowed into the United States in an effort to avoid introducing foot and mouth disease, classical swine fever and other animal diseases.
CBP Area Port Director Carey Davis hailed Hardy’s work as illustrating “the tremendous expertise of our four-legged K-9 partners in protecting the United States.”
Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch? Doritos lure rogue pig back home
HIGHLAND, Calif.
Deputies in California have used Doritos to lure a pig “the size of a mini horse” back home.
The pig was running around a neighborhood when the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office received the call Oct. 13.
One of the deputies had Doritos in her lunch bag. Video shows the deputy leaving a trail of the chips, which the pig followed.
Deputies had responded to previous calls about the pig and knew where to take him.
He was returned to his pen, and deputies secured the gate.
Antelope named Taylor Swift briefly escapes zoo
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Officials are trying to determine how a young antelope named Taylor Swift managed to get out of its enclosure at the Sacramento Zoo.
The bongo calf’s escape led officials to briefly close the zoo Oct. 14.
Zoo spokeswoman Laurel Vincent tells the Sacramento Bee the 1-year-old was with its mother when visitors reported it had gotten out. Visitors were escorted away while the main gate was closed.
Vincent says staff used baffle boards and tables to gently guide the antelope to an off-exhibit holding area less than 15 minutes after it went missing. The zoo veterinarian found the animal had a few scrapes, but was otherwise healthy.
Vincent says the calf was named after the singer because she was “very swiftly on her feet after birth.”
Associated Press