CLEVER PORKERS: Pet pig owner Anita Chen said that her animals have the intelligence of a five-year-old and can open everything from fridges to doors and drawers
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 03, 2019
By: Fabian Hamacher / Reuters, TAIPEI
With the Year of the Pig starting on Tuesday, pig lovers fear that a rush of people wanting
Piglets stand in a pen at an animal farm in Taoyuan on Friday. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu
to usher good fortune into their homes by getting a piglet as a pet could lead to a wave of abandoned animals.
Anita Chen, who runs a social media forum for owners of pet pig and has two pigs at her home in Taipei, said that the first thing owners have to consider is their freedom and flexibility.
Pigs like her Xin Xin and Mei Mei have the intelligence of a five-year-old child and can open everything from fridges to doors and drawers, often removing everything inside, to the horror of their homecoming owners, Chen said.
“Piglets are very attached to people, they will constantly squeak to make you play with them or feed them,” she said, adding that many overwhelmed owners abandon piglets after just a few months. [FULL STORY]
