Family saves Bounty's bacon

We're not telling porkies, a Potteries family really has adopted a pig!

A family of animal lovers didn't know what they were letting themselves in for when they offered to foster a pot-bellied piglet.

The Lawtons allowed Bounty to stay with them on a temporary basis ten months ago after he was rejected by her mother. But porker won over their hearts and is now a permanent fixture.

The 82kg (13-stone) pet dominates the living room, where he spends the night in a sleeping bag, requires feeds every three hours – raising the family food bill by £100 a month – and enjoys being taken for walks....

[Mother Audrey Lawton:] 'He's very affectionate and likes it when Michelle lies with him, giving him strokes and kisses, and he licks your face. When you come home he makes a noise that says he's happy to see you.'

Here at Animal News, we think it would have been more fitting if Bounty had been adopted by this family:


Bounty's story just about sums up the essence of Animal News - simply a series of highs and lows, pigs and troughs...