Christina Wolf wants this little piggy to come home. Hamlet, Wolf’s pet pig, used to greet her happily and energetically — along with her German shepherd — when she returned from a long day working in ...

Pig owners in Sumner could be fined roughly $100 if they didn’t follow the city code. That was the law about 85 years ago. “Our pig code was from 1938 — that was the last time we had done anything ...

Buddy the pet pig shortly after being purchased by Rachel Nosacka. (Photos courtesy of Rachel Nosack) A Gainesville woman is suggesting that other residents familiarize themselves with the city's ...

Pork Chop, the 200-pound potbellied pig whose brief escape in April roiled his Eggertsville neighborhood, remains at home in the hamlet, in violation of Amherst's zoning code. That's according to the ...

Defra has updated its code of practice for the welfare of pigs, which includes revised guidance on issues such as enrichment, tail docking and record keeping. The code is the practical interpretation ...

A new pig code is expected to be in place by April next year. Professor David Mellor, Chairman of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) said this allows those who have already made ...

Scientists have decoded the pig genome, revealing that besides ham, bacon, the domestic swine may play a key role in fighting human diseases. Pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations which in Man have ...

Animal welfare advocates say a proposed code for the breeding of pigs does not go far enough to protect the animals from cruelty. Professor Peter Singer from the University of Melbourne says current ...

A leaked copy of the tightly guarded draft pig code reveals why the pork industry threatened legal action to suppress crucial information related to the banning of sow crates, says national animal ...