Toddler eaten by pig in China

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A toddler in China has been killed and partially eaten by a pig after crawling into the animal's pen while his parents' backs were turned.

Two-year-old Wei Tsao, known affectionately as Keke, had been playing in the garden of his parents' house, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, when they went inside for a moment.

Left to his own devices Wei crawled into the pig pen where the protective sow mauled him to death in an attempt to protect her newborn piglets, before she began chewing on his head.

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Other villagers came rushing to the scene where they grabbed the pig and tied it to a tree before killing it and cutting its stomach open.
Inside they found fragments of Keke's skull and hair, which they showed to authorities to prove the pig had killed him.

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A police spokesman said: 'Sows are often docile creatures but pregnant pigs and ones who have just given birth can be very protective and turn aggressive towards anything they consider to be a threat to their piglets.

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