By Maxence Dourlen
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It’s a moment that we necessarily imagine traumatic. On holiday for three weeks in Corsicaa couple of sexagenarians domiciled Toulouse lived a sad story, on June 9, during a getaway to the Gulf of Porto, reveal our colleagues from Corse Matin.
Attacked by wild pigsthe people of Toulouse could not do anything to avoid the death of their chihuahuadevoured by beasts… Story.
Surrounded by twenty pigs
Around 7 p.m., as he was heading towards the relay antennas of the Col de Sevi, the Haut-Garonne couple quickly came face to face with a few wandering pigs.
Disturbed by this encounter, the people of Toulouse decide to tie up their two dogs (a chihuahua and one yorkshire terrier) to avoid any problems.
According to the Corsican daily, the couple would then have been surrounded a few minutes later, during their walk, by about twenty pigs.
The people of Toulouse then decide to take the two dogs in their arms so that they are not attacked by wild animals. Jostled several times, the couple ended up falling to the ground and let go of the two little dogs…
the chihuahua was then devoured living by the pigs under the eyes of their masters. The Yorkshire, relieved of its leash, would have had time to flee into the maquis.
A huge shock and questions
Examined by a doctor after this misadventure, the couple had a few injuries including a major wound behind the knee for the woman. Toulouse residents also “received a vaccine booster against tetanus and antibiotics “.
“Enormous risk of danger”
Shocked, the people of Haut-Garonne decided to return this weekend, denouncing “a risk of enormous danger “, according to the comments relayed by our Corsican colleagues. “I have never seen this. They wander, they do what they want, “said the Toulousaine.
On the Island of Beauty, signage should be put in place soon so that this type of accidental attack does not happen again in the future.
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