This is the bizarre moment a desperate owner performed CPR on a pig in the middle of a major road. The incident in Jingmen, Hubei Province, China, left onlookers stunned as the owner tried to revive the unconscious pig amid heavy traffic. Witnesses say he purchased two breeding pigs to take home for the holidays … Read more
Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a human may sound like something that could happen when pigs fly. However, 62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney, according to a hospital press release. The … Read more
She sow had a nose for art. Pigcasso, the wildly talented pig who sold over $1 million of her paintings and was hailed “the most successful non-human artist in world history,” has died at age 8. Joanne Lefson, the creative critter’s owner, recently announced the 450-pound visionary’s death due chronic Rheumatoid arthritis. Prior to her passing, the … Read more
Ozzy Osbourne wants nothing to do with Kanye West’s crazy train. The 75-year-old rock legend bashed West, 46, Friday on X for including a sample of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” in a song on West and Ty Dolla $ign’s upcoming album, “Vultures.” “@kanyewest ASKED PERMISSION TO SAMPLE A SECTION OF A 1983 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF … Read more
Sow weird. A UK plumber was stunned to discover over 20 bones hidden underneath the floorboards of the bathroom he was fixing this month. Jonathan Betts, 36, was working on a cottage that is over 200 years old, SWNS reports. He shared his sinister find in a terrifying TikTok that has scored 1.4 million views … Read more
A pig in Kentucky was caught going hog wild while enjoying a snow day this week. The Richmond Police Department posted pictures of the adorable pig on Tuesday. The animal ran away from its trailer and was found by officers that morning. “Officers responded this morning to a pig on the loose!” the police department wrote. “After … Read more
The world’s second pig heart transplant recipient has died six weeks after having the organ implanted, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced Tuesday. The patient, 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette — a Navy veteran and retired lab technician at the National Institutes of Health — only began showing signs that his body was rejecting the pig … Read more
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons at NYU Langone Health removed the pig kidney and returned the donated body … Read more
In 1982, 17-year-old Clare Frank was legally emancipated from her parents, moved into an illegally converted garage apartment in Santa Cruz, and became a firefighter in Northern California. Frank graduated at the top of her training class. Still, the scrawny, 5-foot-2 teen was too young to join the service; she left her date of birth … Read more
This gig certainly isn’t boar-ing. Rachel Lewis, 38, is not your typical taxidermist — she transforms dead piglets into real piggy banks. The Arizona mom of two told SWNS her pre-order list has become sow long since she began the project in May. “I thought a piggy bank would be really cute to do,” Lewis … Read more
Talk about a snow-boar-der! A winter-sports enthusiast was caught off guard at a ski resort in Japan this month when he encountered a bold boar as he was finishing his snowboard run. In the captivating clip — taken by Haruki Takeuchi and posted to Instagram — the stouthearted swine is seen barreling down a hill … Read more
A piglet born last week with two snouts, two mouths and two tongues is turning into quite the ham. Farmer Ramón Aguilar said he has never seen anything like it in all his years of raising pigs. The “mutant piglet” comes from a farm in the rural area of Ucacha, in the Córdoba province of … Read more
He’s hogging all the space in her bed. A California influencer has started sleeping with her pet pig, describing the experience as “a dream come true.” Mina Alali, 25, purchased mini-pig Merlin in March 2022 and became instantly attached to the animal. The mini Vietnamese potbelly pig weighs around 35 pounds and may grow up to … Read more
A pet pig once owned by a “famous YouTuber” has been found “abandoned” in a field in a “mangled” state, animal rescuers claim. Pearl was allegedly found alone next to another pig who had passed away with a “life-threatening infection” in her uterus. Thankfully, she pulled through, though she is reportedly “lucky to be alive”. … Read more
This songful diva wants the spotlight — but their 11 filthy roommates are the real attention hogs. Farmer-turned-drag queen Brandon Hilton is as happy as a pig in mud, sharing their home and bed with a litter of oinking pigs that they consider their kids. “Currently I live with 11 pigs in my house, in … Read more