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Houdini hogs the headlines with proof pigs can fly (WILLIAM CHISHOLM, 9/15/04, The Scotsman)

FIRST there was the Tamworth Two, then came McQueen. Now Houdini has entered the hog hall of fame with a death- defying escape to match the exploits of the country’s other headline grabbing porkers.

While six of his companions were settling down to a new life on the great pig farm in the sky, Houdini the wild boar remained at large last night after fleeing from a Galashiels slaughterhouse.

The boars - each no more than 18 inches high but weighing around nine stones - had been taken to the abattoir from an East Lothian farm to be converted into a gourmet’s delight.

But the prospect did not appeal to one of them - now dubbed Houdini.

George Deans, a director of Scottish Borders Abattoir, said: "It was during the regular process of unloading that Houdini made his getaway. He flew over two five-foot fences and broke through a sliding door."