Boar Cause Bloodbath in Augsburg, Germany
The invaders from the nearby forests turned out to be a sow with four shoats. One of them was run over by a car and killed. The others jumped or fell into a small river where they swam upstream. Two eventually drowned in a weir. Another one was injured and sought refuge in a weir. Since he could not be retrieved, the official city hunter had to shoot him.
Behold, the official City Hunter!See his target: The boar in the weir!
See the dead boar from the weir.
The official City Bugler was out of town. No signal 'boar dead' bugled. Too bad.
One of the raiders was eventually captured and returned to his/her native forests.
This episode is another fine example of boar moving ever closer to man and into his cities. Surprisingly, the prime objective of the fire department and police were to capture the boar and to return them to the wild. The deaths of four of the five animals was self-inflicted. Amazing!
PJJ
(Source and pictures SPIEGEL ONLINE 2009)
2 comments:
Wow,
I wonder how much it cost in terms of mobilization etc.
The Official Hunter (Shooter) is sporting a nice scoped G3 and look at his epaulets! four mullets! He must be high ranking polizei!
Another interesting tidbit, thanks!
Regards,
Albert
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Well, I do not know enough about German police ranks and insignia.
Searching around a little produced the answer to your unspoken question:
He is a member of the Bavarian Schutzpolizei. Not city police and special State police. His rank is that of a "Polizeihauptleister". That translates to the equivalent rank of a (police) sergeant major.
If interested in more insignia and details about ranks (military, police, fire, etc.) go to:
http://www.uniforminsignia.net/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=394
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