Monday 10 September 2007

Dog adopts piglet...

See how caring my kind can be?! I can't see the attraction in adopting a pig, m'self - but it's better than a cat, I suppose! I do believe that somewhere in China a pig mommy is going out of her mind looking for her little pig baby... said pig probably adopted a kitten or some such to make up for the loss she felt in losing one of her babies! It's a vicious cycle, isn't it? - F

"Dog adopts piglet
A dog in China has adopted a piglet, nursing it as if it were her own puppy.
A dog had adopted a piglet in Chongqing city, China, nursing it as if it were her puppy /Lu Feng Huihu, from Chongqing city, adopted the piglet after her five pups were stillborn. "She was very depressed for one week, then one night came home with a tiny black piglet following her," says owner, Lao Yi. Lao Yi says that ever since, Huihu has reared the piglet as if it were her own puppy, nursing her and taking her around. The two have become celebrities in the neighbourhood, attracting many visitors, according to the Chongqing Business Papers. Lao Yi says that over the course of one month, the piglet has already put on 2kg in weight, drinking only dog milk."

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