Pig wears mud boots

Cinders, a six-week-old piglet in North Yorks, England, is afraid of the dirt. So her owners outfitted her with a pair of tiny Wellington boots. Now she's as happy as a pig in, er, mud. From the BBC News:

"She's more of a pet really now and she's going to live a very long and happy life," said (the owner of the sausage farm where Cinders resides).

The young saddleback has been chosen by the (owners) as a mascot for their campaign to raise money for the Farm Crisis Network, which supports struggling farmers.

Link (Thanks, Joel Johnson!)

[#1 posted by tresser , June 11, 2008 1:57 PM]

I need to hit grandma over the head with a shovel to balance out the over-cuteness of that picture in my life now.

[#2 posted by Takuan , June 11, 2008 1:57 PM]

the pig wearing the wellies? Oh well, I suppose I'm up for anything once...

[#3 posted by Dustin Driver , June 11, 2008 2:07 PM]

It's a piggy-wiggly chaser! Hooray! Cute overload!

Now back to my BLT . . .

[#4 posted by padster123 , June 11, 2008 2:39 PM]

Hmmm. Never fancied pig's trotters to eat before, because of what they've been covered with. But in this case... Mmmmmm.

[#5 posted by Kblackwell , June 11, 2008 3:58 PM]

Duh. Doesn't the pig notice she's only got boots on her front feet?
Silly pigs. I thought they were real smart.

[#6 posted by hokano , June 11, 2008 4:07 PM]

Hope I'm not the only one around here who immediately thought of this.

[#7 posted by dannysland , June 11, 2008 9:08 PM]

The owners wouldn't happen to be named Fred and Doris Ziffel, would they?

[#8 posted by Brett Burton , June 12, 2008 7:36 AM]

OMG. FIrst person to adapt this into a children's story book will make a zillion dollars.

[#9 posted by Agent 86 , June 15, 2008 12:46 AM]

She's been my background pic for the last week or so (but, with all for little-pig-paws covered), I'm happy to finally know the background of the pic!

...also, the volume control goes to eleven...