Several of the pig colony at Big Major Cay have suddenly dropped dead

The swimming pigs of the Bahamas are pretty big stars tourists come from far and wide to paddle in the ocean with them.

But the famous animals, who live in a colony at Big Major Cay, could soon be a thing of the past as several have suddenly dropped dead, thought to be from food poisoning.

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According to reports, there are now just seven or eight pigs left.

The Bahamas Humane Society has now launched an official investigation into why the deaths have occurred.

They have taken a series of water samples to try to determine the cause of death and work out they were accidental or intentional.

BHS President Kim Aranha told the local paper The Tribune: It could just be a horrible accident where they ate something poisonous.

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Kim continued: It could be malicious but I dont really see why someone would go out of their way to hurt those lovely animals.

I know there are a lot of silly sailors that go and feed them alcohol to try and get them drunk but thats not to mistake them with the tour operators based out of Nassau who have treated them with excellent care.

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Swimming with pigs in the Bahamas could soon be a thing of the past as only seven of them are still alive - The Sun