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Pig apprehended after ‘munching through gardens’

Two police officers successfully apprehended a pig after he was caught eating residents’ gardens. Great Yarmouth PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon were called to the Southtown area of the Norfolk resort on Saturday. They tracked down the large black ...

16 Aug 2022 at 14:26

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Irish pig farmers losing money for 400 days

IFA Pigs Chairman Roy Gallie said the supply of pigs is drying up fast. If processors want to secure a supply of Irish pigmeat into the future, they must increase the price paid to Irish pig producers. “Every day that goes by, farm debt is ...

26 Sept 2022 at 09:33

Hundreds of pigs released in annual pannage to hoover up New Forest acorns

Hundreds of pigs will snack on acorns and beechmasts for the next two months as the New Forest’s annual pannage kicks off. The autumn tradition, dating back centuries, improves the condition of the soil and reduces the risk to ponies and ...

21 Sept 2022 at 18:02

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Video: Adorable pet pig becomes TikTok sensation with more than one million followers after learning how to ‘talk’ using buttons

An adorable pet pig has become a viral TikTok sensation with more than one million followers who have lauded him as the “world’s smartest pig” as he is potty trained and has learned how to “talk” using buttons with pre-recorded phrases. ...

23 Sept 2022 at 09:24

Pig grunts translated into emotions for the first time – study

A pig’s grunts, oinks and squeals can reveal its emotions, a study that paves the way for better animal welfare has found. Using thousands of recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from birth to death, a team of researchers ...

07 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Man who received world-first pig heart transplant dies

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died two months after the ground-breaking surgery. David Bennett, died on Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in the US. British experts have watched the ...

09 Mar 2022 at 21:55

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Real-life Dr Dolittle gives animals with special needs an idyllic life and sees a rescued piglet and a paraplegic dog strike up an extraordinary friendship

A real life Dr Dolittle who gives animals with special needs an idyllic life says the extraordinary friendship between a piglet who fell from a livestock truck and a paraplegic dog who uses a wheelchair makes all her hard work ...

28 Feb 2022 at 08:55

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Real life Dr Dolittle gives animals with special needs an idyllic life and sees a rescued piglet and a paraplegic dog strike up an extraordinary friendship

28 Feb 2022 at 08:25

Nicolas Cage: I don’t like being called an actor, I prefer thespian

Nicolas Cage says he prefers to be called a thespian rather than an actor but acknowledged he risked sounding like “a pretentious a-hole”. The Oscar-winner likened his process to “shamanism” by “going into the ...

31 Dec 2021 at 02:25

Thousands of healthy pigs culled because of lack of butchers, say farmers

Tens of thousands of healthy pigs have been culled in a crisis over a lack of butchers in pork processing plants, farmers have revealed ahead of a summit on the issue. The National Pig Association (NPA) said ...

10 Feb 2022 at 12:25

Pig wanders into working men’s club after escaping from allotment

A friendly pig gave drinkers at a working men’s club a shock after escaping from an allotment and wandering into their local. The pet pig made its way into Easington Colliery Club, in County Durham, after ...

10 Feb 2022 at 12:25

World

Man in legal battle to keep ’emotional support’ pig

A New York man is fighting to keep a pig he says is his emotional support animal. Wyverne Flatt said Ellie the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig is family to him, but officials in the village of Canajoharie in ...

11 Feb 2022 at 09:55

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