[Sca-cooks] Pigs help New Forest ponies

[Stefan li Rous]

Phlip posted this article"
  <<< http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/94940.html  >>>

In the article it mentioned:
<<< For a fee of just £1 the commoner is permitted to graze a pig in  
the forest for 60 days. Last year less than 200 pigs were let out;  
'There were not many acorns so owners just didn't feel it was worth  
it,' Mr Gerrelli explained.
But this year he hopes between 300 and 400 pigs will be released into  
the forest. "Touch wood there haven't been any acorn deaths so far,"  
he said, "but this year a lot more pigs will be needed." >>>

It sounds like the pigs were just set free to browse. I had gotten  
the idea somewhere that several pigs were set loose together with a  
swinehard to keep track of them and perhaps herd them.

If this isn't the case, how do you get *your* pig back at the end of  
grazing season. Are/were the pigs branded?

Stefan
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