This Little Piggy Went Hip-Hip-Hooray!
I’m falling in love with pigs. How could you not? Let me tell you a little about these friendly oinkers.
They:
*are often compared to dogs because they are trainable, playful, loyal, and friendly
*form complex social networks
*are naturally clean, and would prefer not to soil their living area
*are smarter than a 3-year-old human
*have an excellent sense of smell
*do not have sweat glands
*use mud to cool off and protect their skin from sun, flies, and parasites
*love laying around in the sun and exploring their territory
*fear being picked up
*(97 percent of them) are confined to factory farms where sows (females) cannot move or turn around for their entire gestation period, often their whole life even
*produce some of the most fattening, unhealthy, cholesterol-filled, saturated fat-laden meat products around
*have their tails cut off and teeth pulled as young piglets without pain killers
*are immersed into scalding hot water while fully conscious as a means of hair removal
*dream, recognize their names, and can be taught to play video games
July 18th, 2007 at 12:01 am
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July 18th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
well….pork is off my menu.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Hmm … my three-year-old revels in soiling her own living area, so I guess the pig is smarter.
August 21st, 2007 at 9:01 pm
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