Friday, June 02, 2006

Farmer is mauled by 47-stone pig

A north Wales farmer is recovering in hospital after he was mauled by a 47-stone (298 kg) pig.

Geraint Roberts, 49, was trying to move the Landrace boar into its pen in Brynsiencyn, when it attacked him.

The pig pinned him against a tractor and bit him on the legs, back and left arm. One bite nearly severed an artery.

The farmer's wife Nerys stopped the attack by turning a hose on the pig.

He remains in hospital, four days after the attack on Sunday evening.

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