Arapawa Island Swine
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Description: Provides information on this rare breed of feral pigs from the Arapawa Island, New Zealand.
Breeds of Livestock - Arapawa Island Swine The exact origin of the feral pigs of Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, is not known, and has given rise to much speculation. It has been suggested that they are descendants of animals released in the Marlborough Sounds area by James Cook in 1773 and 1777. A far more likely explanation is that they were introduced by whalers and early farmers on Arapawa Island during the middle of the nineteenth century, as no feral livestock was seen on Arapawa Island by visitors who described the island in some detail in the late 1830s. The breed has remained pure and roamed parts of the island every since. The wild pigs have stories of ferocity, but first hand encounters reveal they have more or a "leave us alone and we'll leave you alone" attiude to humans. They are similar to the original
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| Page title: | Breeds of Livestock - Arapawa Island Swine |
| Keywords: | Arapawa Island, swine, feral, livestock, breed |
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| IP-address: | 139.78.135.18 |
WHOIS Info
| NS | Name Servers: NS.CIS.OKSTATE.EDU 139.78.100.1 NS2.CIS.OKSTATE.EDU 139.78.200.1 |
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| Date | activated: 03-Mar-1986 last updated: 11-Jul-2011 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |