2017-02-22 20:00 - Louzel Lombard Steyn

Cape Town - It's one of those bucket list adventures - swimming with the famous ocean pigs of the Bahamas.

But the international attraction might be nearing its end, as a whole lot of the widely adored swimming pigs were found dead on the beach of Big Major Cay, or Pig Beach, this past weekend.

Pig Beach is an uninhabited island located in Exuma in the Bahamas.

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According to local reports, there are now only about seven or eight pigs left. Investigators are still working to figure out exactly what happened.

According to to the Bahamas Humane Society President Kim Aranha, speaking to the local Tribune 242, veterinarians have been collecting samples of the deceased pigs, but it is not clear how long it will take to determine what killed them.

It could be malicious," Aranha says, "but I dont really see why someone would go out of their way to hurt those lovely animals." One theory is that the pigs ingested something poisonous, given the sudden death of multiple pigs.

For now, visitors can still travel to Big Major Cay or Pig Beach to swim with the remaining pigs.

This is what the iconic tourist destination with its paddling pigs look like:

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