China loves its pigs, and Shanghai has said NO to pig cruelty. In latest news, the eight pigs tattooed with Louis Vuitton logoes and other Walt Disney characters — highly controversial works of art by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye — has been banned by the organisers of SHContemporary, the city's largest contemporary art fair. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Pigs on a farm where a musical festival is to be held are being given ear protectors. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Zoo keepers and vets decide to wrap baby pigs in tiger skin in order to make a tiger mommy feel better after losing a whole litter of cubs. Look at these results. Amazing. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Play Pass the Pigs online. picked by Maven 2 years ago

The Chinese Government have issued a new directive to prevent China's 300 million internet users from looking at porn. There still seem to be a few kinks in the system, the software used to identify banned sites seems to be mostly blocking pictures of pigs picked by beaplourde 6 months ago

The smallest pigs the farmer created are no bigger than your standard tea cup. picked by super 1 year ago

You have heard part of the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf...well now you know the rest of the story. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Chinese scientists have given cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells.
They hope the breakthrough could aid research into human disease, and the breeding of animals for organ transplants for humans.
It may also enable the development of pigs that are resistant to diseases such as swine flu. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Swine flu has passed from a humans to pigs for the first time in Canada. Apparently eating pork is still fine so us baconphiles are alright...for now picked by makuus 7 months ago

This is one herd of pigs that definitely didn't want to end up as part of a full English breakfast.

Nearly 200 made a dash for freedom when a lorry carrying them to a bacon factory overturned 500 yards from the front gate. However, any hopes they had of melting away into the countryside were dashed when they were all too quickly rounded up. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Are tattooed animals the next big thing? Wim Delvoye might answer, “Yes!” Wim is a Belgian artist who tattoos pigs, and even launched a whole farm dedicated to the cause. picked by fogowar 2 years ago

Pigs shut down a portion of a California highway after a truck that was transporting them overturned. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Most in the Muslim world consider pigs unclean animals and do not eat pork because of religious restrictions. One Islamic militant Web site carried comments Wednesday saying swine flu was God's revenge against "infidels."

*the sky is still falling* picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Undercover animal activists have filmed horrific scenes of cruelty to farm pigs. The incidents include workers slamming piglets on floors and leaving them still wriggling to die, beating animals to death with metal rods and inserting rods into sows' hindquarters. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. picked by suebe 8 months ago

A form of ebola virus has been detected in pigs in the Philippines for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and threaten humans.

Reston ebolavirus has only been seen in monkeys and humans previously and, unlike other types of ebola, it is not known to cause illness in people. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A school in Amsterdam has halted lessons on rural life because the Islamic children refused to talk about pigs. picked by kissmenow 3 years ago

The 2,700 pigs on the farm that John Horrevorts manages yield more than ham and bacon. A biogas plant makes enough electricity from their waste to run the farm and feeds extra wattage into the Dutch national grid.
He even gets bonus payments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. picked by bingo 6 months ago

A man whose home was in foreclosure decided that if he couldn't keep the house, no one else would either. The havoc wreaked by his new pets is amazing!

(no theme pic yet, having Plime trouble) picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

For this odd couple, a nap isn't complete without a snuggle.

The fact that one is a tiger and the other a pig doesn't seem to matter one bit.

In fact, tigers and pigs cuddling together is a common sight at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago