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Date Posted: 13:53:23 04/11/04 Sun
Author: Shelley
Subject: Yes,pigs really can fly

In Australia, creatures dive off towers for Easter crowds

SYDNEY, Australia - Easter revellers in Australia�s biggest city are discovering pigs really can fly.

Led by a well-fed porker known as Miss Piggy, piglets that dive off a 13-foot platform have proved a hit with the crowds that pack the showground at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, which runs through the weekend.

The well-trained diving pigs race up a ramp before flying off the tower into a pool of water, prompting squeals of delight from the crowd.

�I�ve only seen them in the mud or eating. That�s a new thing. It was so cute,� said Jodie Rigby, 13, after the races.

Cheered on by a crowd of around 300, other teams of piglets shoot out of cages at the crack of a starting pistol, tearing around a 115-foot track with numbers on their back so would-be punters can identify their winning beast.

�These pigs were picked out of a batch of 40 and then after that you take your chances on them,� said showman Tom Vandeleur, who tours Australia with his talented squad.

�Most pigs will race, but it all depends on the training methods and whether you can really control these animals. It�s a whole ball game and it�s very intense,� he said.

When they are not performing, the pampered pigs live in luxury sties with air-conditioned sleeping quarters.

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Re: Yes,pigs really can fly? -- Ralph Hamilton, 15:59:04 04/11/04 Sun
- Re:Correction. -- Ralph Hamilton, 16:09:07 04/11/04 Sun