Multiple pigs' heads found washed up on Isle of Wight beach
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said it had contacted environmental health to retrieve any outstanding heads.Mr Riches has lived in the area for more than a year and regularly takes his son on the beach to pick up pebbles but he said he had not seen anything like this before."It's quite disgusting really, I don't know where they have come from, I can only speculate."It's not very nice for people on the beautiful beaches on the Isle of Wight," he added.The recovery worker said he often went for a swim in the area at lunchtime."I'm not going to let the pigs stop me swimming," he said.
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