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Pig locked in dark stall for 10 years tastes freedom (Original Post)
catbyte
20 hrs ago
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Borogove
(355 posts)1. Pigs, like all animals, deserve so much better from us. What a great human being this man is.
Bayard
(27,874 posts)2. A lot of people got potbelly pigs when they were all the rage,
And then found out it wasn't going to be as easy as they thought, especially when they weren't little and cute anymore. There's always tons of them up for adoption.
Glad this girl found a good home.
Wild blueberry
(8,018 posts)3. Two years, that's patience
Lovely tale. Thank you.
red dog 1
(32,171 posts)4. Wow, she became a house pig.
Reminds me of an episode of "All Creatures Great & Small" when Mrs. Pumphrey got a baby pig as company for her Pekingese, Tricky Woo.
When James Heriot told her the pig couldn't live in the house, she was devastated.
"He can't live outside," she said. "He'll get pneumonia.'
Herriot's reply: "He's more likely to get pneumonia living inside."
He advised her to have her handyman, Hodgekin, build the pig a "nice pig sty with a long run."
Thanks, catbyte