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On second view, it does look like her back garden is their 'run'. Anything from a cat to a crow could have taken them. Foxes, weasels..you name it. Too obvious not to leave defenceless piggies outdoors all day whe you're not in. There's no mention of the 'thieves' breaking through a wire mesh cover over the entire run area, so I guess there isn't one. It still amazes me how few people know that birds like crows will attack a guinea pig. Foxes can scale a six foot fence, so can cats. She even has cats herself, you would think it might have dawned on her. I find it hard to believe her own stupidity isn't the reason why these poor piggies disappeared.