Thread: People very sick after eating wild pig

Originally Posted by Munsey

Not something I've herd of ,but interesting enough not many dogs (with exception to Labs) will eat fresh wild pork . Freeze it or cook it they will .

Clay from the YouTube channel has an argentinian dog which eats pigs so maybe it depends on the breed.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Morepork, more pork,more pork, now there's ya prob!

oh yes a spelling mistake hehe

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

@Pointer What the F*** is Moonpork? Never heard of pigs intentionally mooning someone!

Moonpork is serious shit. It causes black plague, unwanted pregnancies, unconsciousness and death.

Its just an old myth that floats around the internet about pork going off in moonlight. Completely false of course.

Originally Posted by Friwi

If it was 1080, then there would have been and there will be more cases . But this one seems to be a first.
I wonder if they consumed the liver of the pig?
And yes, in france for exemple, any wild bore meat is kept in the freezer for a few months before consumption to kill some parasite present in the meat I believe.

I just asked a mate in france, and the parasite is the trichinosis.
See more here:Trichinosis - Infections - Merck Manuals Consumer Version

After reading the above article, it does not seems to be that , but it is still interesting to read.

Originally Posted by Friwi

Another trail:
Listeria meningitis: Father-of-two, 46, left paralysed after eating undercooked pork chops | Daily Mail Online

Are you just reading my post and googlefooing it?

Originally Posted by BruceY

Not a chance mate.....they would have to eat kgs of it neat to be poisoned.....

Please tell me your not serious.

Originally Posted by Pointer

Moonpork is serious shit. It causes black plague, unwanted pregnancies, unconsciousness and death.

Its just an old myth that floats around the internet about pork going off in moonlight. Completely false of course.

Not only pork, my old man wouldn't kill a sheep or hang it in the full moon, ( no killing shed) so out the back under the willows hung in muslin. Reckoned the full moon meat/fat would not set... Bullshit / old wives talle maybe ...not sure myself just the way he did it ...and the way I was brought up to do it.

Any way, bone taint as I call it , is when the meat doesn't get cooled fast enough and rots / goes off! Especially wild pork ..well in my experince dogged pork ..stuck and packed out whole the lion and throat area in summer doesn't get enough time to cool ..chucked on the back of the truck ...drive home in 20 degree heat and the loin will be pink and unpleasant.

Originally Posted by Pointer

Moonpork is serious shit. It causes black plague, unwanted pregnancies, unconsciousness and death.

Its just an old myth that floats around the internet about pork going off in moonlight. Completely false of course.

Unwanted pregnancies? Surely that is the Pork Sword that does that.

@stingray bone taint is real, as you say it's caused by not cooling the carcass as quick as you can, or leaving it overnight with the gutbag in it and recovering it a day later - they take a long time to cool with the guts in. But not hanging it in full moonlight for fear of moonpork had been proven false. There isn't enough uv or heat in moonlight to be a problem.

Originally Posted by stingray

Not only pork, my old man wouldn't kill a sheep or hang it in the full moon, ( no killing shed) so out the back under the willows hung in muslin. Reckoned the full moon meat/fat would not set... Bullshit / old wives talle maybe ...not sure myself just the way he did it ...and the way I was brought up to do it.

Any way, bone taint as I call it , is when the meat doesn't get cooled fast enough and rots / goes off! Especially wild pork ..well in my experince dogged pork ..stuck and packed out whole the lion and throat area in summer doesn't get enough time to cool ..chucked on the back of the truck ...drive home in 20 degree heat and the loin will be pink and unpleasant.

My Grandfather would also warn me not to hang pork or mutton in the moonlight.

@Gibo, I did not realised you already talked about it. At least it gives a few more info about what those two things are and do.

I just heard on the radio that the tox screen results will be made public this morning. Lock in your votes, BANZAI!

Originally Posted by Pointer

Moonpork is serious shit. It causes black plague, unwanted pregnancies, unconsciousness and death.

Its just an old myth that floats around the internet about pork going off in moonlight. Completely false of course.

Is it false ??

Originally Posted by upnorth uplander

Is it false ??

I have lost meat hung in bush - but filtered Moon still got it.
Use Ponga frongs cover now if I have to leave overnight.

Originally Posted by Tommy

I just heard on the radio that the tox screen results will be made public this morning. Lock in your votes, BANZAI!

Thats quite quick, they must have had an idea of what to look for, otherwise saying test this for poison means thousands of different tests would need to be run.

End of the day the media is now making a big deal its a Wild Boar that may have caused this. It doesnt matter , if its the meat its pork, could have been chicken or fish from the supermarket. If its undercooked you may get sick, or not looked after before eating etc like any meat you going to consume you risk getting food posioning. Already people on the net on the band wagon for banning pighunting as wild pig not safe to eat. Its all Bull shit, its as safe as any other meat as long as you cook it properly etc. So much wild game is consumed in this country its not funny. Some havnt been taken care of before eating as good as it should but more people get food posioning by chicken than what someone has shot in the bush.
Its all about how its prepared and cooked, simple as that