(KUSA) Once a week, Pumba and Boris would visit the Highline Place nursing home. Pumba and Boris are one year old miniature pot belly therapy pigs. The residents at Highline Place have Alzheimer’s ...

Sherry Lewis-Peterson did not set out to rescue an abused pig — but after taking one look at the skinny pig locked in a small kennel, she loaded the helpless animal into her van and did not think ...

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VOORHEESVILLE – Hamilton the miniature pig goes by Ham, or Hammy. On Thursday morning, his owner Carl says he last saw Ham at 6 a.m. The pig usually wanders around to say hi to neighbors, but Carl ...

Pet pigs have been growing in popularity for years. If you're considering getting a miniature pig as a companion, here are some things you can do to ensure it lives high on the hog. According to ...

LITTLETON - When we hear of therapy animals, oftentimes, we think of therapy dogs. But there's a new breed of animal hamming it up in hospitals and nursing homes around Denver. They are miniature ...

Little pigs with big genome edits could be the future of organ donation. A monkey that received a kidney from a genetically engineered miniature pig lived for more than two years after the transplant, ...

NIXA, Mo. (KY3) - Miniature pigs are now allowed as pets in Nixa after the city council passed an ordinance last week. Nixa resident Angelina Engebretson got her miniature pig, Penny, in 2019. She was ...

VERONA – Arielle and Nat Carroll weren’t able to have children for over 10 years. While living in Arizona, the couple instead turned to animal rescue and rehabilitation. Over the years, they took on ...