Attack By Wild Pig
Severe injuries to an arm were suffered by Mr. P. Crowther, lorry driver, of Taupo, when he endeavoured to rescue hia dog from a wild boar in the scrub off the Napier-Taupo road. About ten miles down the road from Taupo, Mr. Crowther’s dog jumped out of the back of his lorry into scrub after the pig- Mr. Crowther immediately followed, and when he made a grab with his left hand at the dog’s hind leg to puli it off, the boar drove both tusks through his arm and with an upward turn tore the sinews and muscles almost out. Mr. Crowther was taken to Taupo by a passing motorist and later admitted to the Rotorua Hospital, where his condition is serious from ehock. and loss of blood.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 6, 8 January 1944, Page 4
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132Attack By Wild Pig Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 6, 8 January 1944, Page 4
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