Chickenings suggested this item when it was a
BBC story, and it took me this long to find a larger version of the shot than the usual BBC postage stamp.
Brits may already be familiar with the porkers in question. Apparently this is a commercial shot, but it turns out that we're looking at "full-size" miniature pigs, not piglets. It turns out that
Pennywell Farm in Devon bred smaller and smaller pigs for nine years, until they settled on this pint-sized version.
It appears the Beeb has anticipated us:
Quote:
Mr Murray doubts if they will be appearing on restaurant menus.
"They are too small," he said.
"It would be uneconomic so it's unlikely they will be used for meat and there is already a huge amount of different pig meat available."
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Well, that's for us to decide, Mr Murray.