iPetNews.com » Pigs http://ipetnews.com All kinds of news for pet and animal lovers in one handy blog. iPetNews has the scoop on pet and animal news. Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sitter Charged For Over Feeding Pig http://ipetnews.com/health/sitter-charged-for-over-feading-pig/ http://ipetnews.com/health/sitter-charged-for-over-feading-pig/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:35:14 +0000 Tim Miller http://ipetnews.com/?p=23 Portly PigIf you’re a pet owner who believes that the path to a happy and affectionate pet means giving them heaping helpings of all their favorite foods, you might want to take a look at this article.

A pet pig whose weight tripled while it was in the care of a sitter has been placed on a diet and an animal cruelty charge has been filed against the caretaker.

Apparently the pig gained so much weight that its collar had to be surgically removed after she ballooned to a portly 150lbs — 100lbs over her ideal weight of 50lbs. Crazy!

Via ABC News

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