This miniature pet pig named Bink has been abandoned by three different owners in a row, despite being a baby. The first owner bought it home on a whim and kept it in a cage since then, and finally gave it to the second owner because it was too troublesome to keep.
The second owner kept it in a pen and raised it like a hog, and then didn’t want it because it was boring.
After the third owner picked it up, he once gave it a brief pampering time, but then the owner became ill and could no longer keep the pet, so he had to send it away again.
In the end, a parrot shelter picked up Bink and asked why a parrot shelter adopted a pig? The reason is that the original intention of the owner Kail Marie to set up the shelter is to take in some unconventional pets, so although the name is called “Parrot Shelter”, there are still various other animals in it, including common pet cats and dogs.
Marie said that the fate of many pet pigs is quite tragic. Although these pigs are very smart and well behaved, most people do not know how to raise pet pigs, so they cannot experience the joy of raising pet pigs. In the end, they are all in a hurry. give up.
When those pet pigs are sold, they will be named by pet traders with prefixes such as “mini” and “tea cup”, and many people mistakenly believe that such pigs will only grow up to be the same size as small dogs. That’s simply unrealistic. Miniature pet pigs are generally 60-100 pounds when they grow up, and it’s impossible to get any smaller.
There are still many owners who listen to JS’s slander and give pet pigs very little food, hoping to control their body size in this way, which also leads to malnutrition and health damage to many pet pigs.
But the thinnest pigs still have to grow up, so once they grow up they are abandoned by their original owners. Thousands of these pet pigs are thrown into shelters every year in the United States.
Fortunately, Marie’s sanctuary is on a farm, where the pig is truly free and happy, while making other animal friends. So before you know an animal, don’t buy it on a whim. When you abandon them, you must think twice that this is a life, not a toy.