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Prisoners should be used as guinea pigs for experimental Covid vaccines, says pro-Putin politician 

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Russian prisoners should be used as guinea pigs for experimental Covid vaccines in return for their sentences being halved, demands pro-Putin politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky said thousands of prisoners would respond to the deal The pro-Vladimir Putin ultranationalist said the move would lead to faster testing Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party’s plan has sparked angry … Read more

Boy, four, is eaten alive by stray PIGS after wandering out of his house to play in India

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Boy, four, is eaten alive by stray PIGS after wandering out of his house to play in India  V. Harshavardhan, four, left his home at 4pm on Tuesday to play in a nearby area A herd of wild pigs saw him and dragged him away before killing and eating him The  four-year-old lived in Singareni colony, … Read more

Animal lovers knock down £700,000 cottage so they can build sanctuary for up to 70 pigs in Wales

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Neighbours are kicking up a stink over a couple’s plan to build a pig barn in a protected beauty spot. Animal lovers Janet Devereux, 54, and husband Peter Davidson, 63, want to create a new specially-built barn in the rolling hills of the Clwydian Range – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in North … Read more

Army veterans are concerned the government is using them as ‘guinea pigs’ for COVID-19 study

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Some veterans of the Australian Defence Force have criticized a new study testing the effectiveness of antimalarial medication as a COVID-19 prophylaxis, which uses soldiers as test subjects. A small selection of soldiers from the ADF will be given a range of doses of the antimalarial drug chloroquine to see whether it can really stop, … Read more

So sweetie! Off duty police officers share hilarious ‘Haribo challenge’ video using Percy Pigs

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So sweetie! Off duty police officers share hilarious ‘Haribo challenge’ video using Percy Pigs as props while their voices are dubbed by children to lift the spirits of their community PCs Knellar and Watford, of Tooting in south London, filmed video while off duty Pair claim they were challenged by many of their Twitter followers … Read more

Firefighters save pig’s bacon after it ate another swine’s pedometer

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Firefighters save pig’s bacon after it ate another swine’s pedometer – and caught fire when it came out the other end Firefighters were called to the pigpen in Bramham, West Yorkshire, on Sunday Blaze had been caused by copper from the device’s batteries reacting with hay Pedometer had clearly been mistaken by a pig as … Read more

Stroking GUINEA PIGS helps people recover from catastrophic brain injuries

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People who suffer catastrophic brain injuries may recover their social skills quicker by stroking guinea pigs, research suggests. Traumatic brain injuries often affect a patient’s ability to feel empathy and express their emotions. But a study found allowing patients to stroke ‘cute animals’ – such as micro pigs, rabbits and donkeys – during rehabilitation sessions … Read more