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Journalism of Courage
The Great Escape: rebel pigs caught
LONDON: One pig who fled from a slaughterhouse was nabbed by police, after his partner in escape was captured by a tabloid newspaper. The two 5-month-old Tamworth boars escaped from abattoir workers last week in Malmesbury near here. They squeezed under a fence and swam across a river. The story was taken up enthusiastically by some newspapers, especially the Daily Mail and The Express, and a posse of journalists joined police and officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA for the chase.
Police constable Roger Bull said the second pig8217;s freedom was ended by a tranquiliser dart. quot;It is now recovering and being examined by a vet,quot; said Bull, who added that the pig would be available for photographs later in the day.
Daily Mail reporter Barbara Davies said she and her team captured one pig on Thursday morning. quot;One second she was free, then, with one slam, she was trapped, squealing and flinging herself around the pen in an indignant display of pig ignorance,quot; Davies wrote. The Daily Mail also claimed a quot;World Oinkslusivequot; interview with its captive. The other pig was cornered on Thursday night but sprinted away from four police constables and an officer from the RSPCA.
There was some confusion about the gender of the pigs.
Dave Lang, a local pig breeder, brought his Tamworth sow, Samantha, to the search area in hope of luring the fugitives. quot;Pigs are hopelessly attracted to the opposite sex,quot; The Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying. quot;Sam is a fully grown pig. What young chap would be attracted to an older woman?quot;
Police said they were also being pestered by a clairvoyant, who has called several times claiming to know where the pigs are. quot;We are a nation of animal lovers, but I8217;m surprised at the way this has snowballed,quot; Bull said before the chase ended. quot;It has certainly captured people8217;s imagination.quot;
Jesus in Bosnia
ZAGREB: Hundreds of people have flocked toa small village in southern Bosnia after a local inhabitant reported seeing the image of Jesus on a window, the Croatian daily Vecernji List reported. It said that a villager in Grab, near the Croatian border, had reported seeing the image of Jesus on a window of a remote house. Between 500 to 700 people had since been to visit, and more were turning up each day, many of them from Croatia, the paper said on Friday.
Plath8217;s story
LONDON: Thirty-five years after the suicide of American poet Sylvia Plath, her former husband Ted Hughes is publishing a poetic account of his relationship with her. Hughes has rarely spoken about Plath, some of whose admirers blame him for her death. The Times published excerpts from Birthday Letters, the collection of 88 poems, saying the book gives his side of the relationship.
Like dad, like son
NEW YORK: James Murdoch, the youngest son of media and entertainment mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been named deputy publisher of the New York Post. James will quot;undertake a variety of executive responsibilitiesquot; at the tabloid, Post8216;s publisher, Martin Singerman said on Friday. James will begin working on March 30. Murdoch8217;s News Corp, produces movies and television as 20th Century Fox and runs the Fox News Channel.
