Walter the pet pig raids fridge for scotch and cola

Walter the pig is a gentle giant, but heaven help anyone who gets between the porker and a six-pack of scotch and cola. Ripping the fridge door open, he pulls out the pack, sinks his fangs into the cans then slurps the slops from the garage floor.

With a burp and a belch, he hauls himself up on his leather sofa and snores off the drink for a bit. Owner Gary Murnane doesn't like Walter drinking his grog, but there's not much he or wife Vicki can do. The lovable giant also breaks into the house to get into the family fridge or food pantry.

"He's broken into the house more times than we can count and he'll grab everything he can reach in the pantry, including 5kg bags of potatoes, all the fruit and veggies, and anything else on the lower shelves," Ms Murnane said. The Murnanes bought Walter as a "miniature" pig. For the first six months, he slept on the couch in front of the TV.

"But you could see each week he was almost doubling in size," Ms Murnane said. Now he is 132kg and still growing. Walter wanders the Murnanes' sprawling Creswick, Australia, property, meeting and greeting every other animal every day. "He is besotted with Coco, the retired greyhound. He massages her legs with his snout," Ms Murnane said.

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