NATIONAL: SPCA wants to solve mystery around dead pigs on highway

Kempton Express: Kempton Park SPCA is urgently looking for any eye witnesses to Thursday (April 14) morning’s incident on the R21 near the OR Tambo International Airport where three pigs were killed after apparently falling off a truck.

The surviving pig which is currently being looked after by Kempton Park SPCA. Photo: Kempton Park SPCA.

According to Jan du Toit, manager of the society, inspector Charmaine Joubert received a call shortly after 6am about a pig roaming on the R21 near Voortrekker Road.

Upon going out to the scene, they found what looked like three dead pigs that had been run over by cars.

One pig was found alive on the highway near Barbara Road and was taken to the SPCA’s premises in Spartan.

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