Sunday, November 3, 2013

Not Just Another Pretty Face


Pigipedia
This may look like a cow pig, but it's a Gloucester Old Spot.  They're calm and good-natured.  The females produce large litters and are good mothers; the males rarely threaten the piglets.  

Both Prince Charles and Princess Anne keep this breed on their farms in Gloucester.  Old Spots are endangered; there are fewer than 2000 in the world.  That's primarily because they lack the pale, lean meat that is desired by factory farms, where most hogs live.


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