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From Winona MN, a tragic porcine tale of the filing of animal cruelty charges against a pig-sitter.

The pig, part pot-bellied, larded up from 50 to 150 pounds, while its owner left it in the care of a co-worker. For nine months. While the owner recovered from ankle surgery.

Now, parts of this story are just too overly cute. The pig’s name is Alaina Templeton, which is saccharine enough. There were some somber tones as well; surgery was required to remove a collar which had grown into the blimped-up porker’s neck; clearly not a good thing.

And the root cause of the pig’s decline into obesity was:

Alaina apparently had been foraging for cat food and chicken feed outdoors at the co-worker’s farm.

Pigs can, well, pig out.

-k-

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