When Gina Mocci began receiving messages about a pig abandoned at a junkyard, she wasn’t sure how the rescue would work. Mocci, a board member with Eastern Snouts Adoption and…
“He knows the sound of the truck by heart.” Most people wait all week for the weekend, but Floppy gets excited for a different reason. His favorite day is Thursday,…
They are ‘two peas in a pod.’ A few years ago, a stray calico cat wandered onto an animal sanctuary in Alberta, Canada. Skittish and wary of humans, she would…
A recent study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first successful auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig into a living human. The recipient survived for 171 days,…
He has the sweetest little face 😍 A few years ago, Sleepy Pig Farm Animal Sanctuary founder Tiffany Paltauf received a call about a tiny pig rescued from a basement.…
In Ontario, Canada, Sweet Acres Pig Sanctuary has long been a safe haven for potbelly pigs rescued from tough situations. But when Kirsten Duggan received a call from animal control…
Piglets Without Borders: UK and Irish Farms Unite for Ethical Miniature Pig Breeding In a refreshing twist on post-Brexit collaborations, two farms—one nestled in Buckinghamshire, England, and the other set…
First Detection of Bird Flu in U.S. Pigs Raises Concerns The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the first detection of bird flu in a pig at a farm…
A new study has raised concerns about the potential invasion of “super pigs” from Canada into the northern United States, painting a worrisome picture of ecological disruption and agricultural damage.…
The minor league team, St. Paul Saints, stated that it deliberated on a potential change but ultimately decided to retain the original name of the animal. In a quirky twist…