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Livestock Truck Rollover Leaves 500 Weaner Pigs on the Loose Near St. Mary’s, Ont.

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A livestock truck transporting 500 weaner pigs rolled over around 1 this morning near St. Mary’s, Ontario allowing the pigs to escape from the truck. The livestock truck company is in the midst of corralling the pigs into other trucks in the rain. The truck driver didn’t sustain any injures but the truck was extensively damaged.


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