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Swine dining..<br />
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Pigs in the New Forest are having a field day as their job of eating up all the fallen acorns has been extended by a month due to a glut of the nut.<br />
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Every autumn the swine is let loose on the Hampshire National Park to scoff the acorns that are poisonous to the famous New Forest ponies.<br />
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The ancient tradition, called Pannage, usually finishes in mid-November when the fattened up pigs are brought in for slaughter.<br />
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But the hot and dry end to the summer has resulted in thousands of oak trees becoming laden down with the fruit.<br />
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Some 600 domestic pigs have been happily hoovering up the acorns since September and they've now been granted an extension until December 9.