The down economy has fueled theft of all sorts: shoplifting, bank robberies – and even pig heists.
According to the Wall Street Journal,
around 1,000 pigs have been stolen from Iowa and Minnesota farms in
recent months. Thieves work under the cover of night, supposedly
loading hogs into trailers and driving off. They are driving miles down
dirt roads and bypassing deadbolts on doors to snatch the plump
piglets. In August, 594 pigs were stolen from a single Minnesota farm –
a heist that surely took more than one return trip. "Whoever did it is
certainly livestock-savvy," detective Kent Bauman said.
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