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To: Cosmo Daisey who wrote (46276)	10/27/1999 9:16:00 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 152472

Cosmo....Ot...Re HOGs.( pigs get fat....hogs butchered).... WARSAW, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A herd of wild boar has invaded a city on the Polish-German border in search of food, digging up parks and terrorising tourists, officials said on Tuesday. Local authorities have set up a task force this week to clear the city of more than 60 boar. Officials in Swinoujscie, in the far north-western corner of Poland near the Baltic coast said they hoped to round up the animals and may have to shoot them. "The boar roam sand dunes and public parks. They have dug up all the grass on the historic promenade and some have even shown up in front of city hall," Bozena Pawlowska, head of the municipal nature preservation department, said on Tuesday. One tourist was bitten by a boar earlier this year while walking along the promenade, authorities said. German foresters across the border appear to have stopped feeding the animals last winter, forcing them to migrate, said Pawlowska. Visitors fed the piglets in the spring, but the adult boar have now become a threat to safety, she said. Wild boar can grow up to 100 kg (220 lbs) in weight and are a prize hunting trophy in the forests of Poland. Authorities have found boar skins in Swinoujscie city parks and suspect some local inhabitants may already have begun to round-up their unwelcome guests.