The Bahamas’ famous swimming pigs found dead on Big Major Cay … – Stuff.co.nz

Last updated12:00, February 27 2017

WIKICOMMONS

Seven of The Bahamas' famous swimming pigs have been found dead.

Celebrities love to take selfies with The Bahamas' famous swimming pigs but it might just be the death of them.

Seven pigs have mysteriously died on Big Major Cay, which has been dubbed "Pig Beach" for the number of stray animals found there.

Wayde Nixon, who claims he created the colony 30 years ago, says tourists feeding the animals are to blame for the deaths.

WIKICOMMONS

There are reportedly up to 15 pigs still alive on the uninhabited island.

"Right now it's blowing out of proportion with people, anybody bringing food there, anybody doing what they [want to] do," he told The Nassau Guardian.

Read more: *Rangers reveal the stupidest things tourists do in national parks *Australian man who stood on turtle says he loves animals *Yellowstone tourists kidnap a bison calf because they thought it was 'cold'

"We have people coming there giving the pigs beer, rum, riding on top of them, all kind of stuff.That never happened, but lately [it has] because it's so big, and we are never really there all the time."

There are still 15 pigs left on the beach,an uninhabited island about 80 nautical miles from Nassau.

The Bahamas Humane Society said investigations are underwayafter the pigs carcasses were reportedly found floating in the sea.

"It could just be a horrible accident where they ate something poisonous,"society president Kim Aranha toldTribune 242.

"It could be malicious, but I don't really see why someone would go out of their way to hurt those lovely animals."

The island has become a major tourist attraction for people visiting The Bahamas after celebrities started sharing photos from the beach.

Donald Trump Jr visitedwith his family in 2016and comedian Amy Schumerposted a photo from the island just three days ago.

But how did the pigs get to the island in the first place? Nixon says he brought four sows and boar there in the late 1990s in preparation for Y2K, according to The Today Show.

-Stuff

Continue reading here:

The Bahamas' famous swimming pigs found dead on Big Major Cay ... - Stuff.co.nz