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Chiang Mai Zoo welcomes eight newborn Pot-bellied pigs

  

CHIANG MAI, 12 September 2016 (NNT) - Chiang Mai Zoo has welcomed eight newborn pot-bellied pigs. There are now 18 pot-bellied pigs in the zoo. 

Chiang Mai Zoo Director Niphon Wichairat disclosed on Sunday that Chiang Mai zoo had adopted a pair of pot-bellied pigs and raised them in a natural way in accordance with His Majesty the King’s philosophy in the mini zoo zone at the front of Chiang Mai Zoo. 

On September 9, 2016, at 11.30 p.m., he was informed of the birth of eight healthy pot-bellied piglets which are being closely cared for by the authorities, said Chiang Mai Zoo Director.

 
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46 minutes ago, Gillyflower said:

WHAT are 'pot bellied pigs'?

 

They are just a breed of pig normally from Vietnam. See here.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-bellied_pig

 

Considerably smaller than standard American or European farm pigs, they weigh 43 to 136 kg (100 to 300 lb).

Indigenous populations

Today, the Vietnamese and German governments have realized that the indigenous Vietnamese pig subspecies exist only in mountainous Vietnam and Thailand. The Vietnamese government has begun to subsidize local farmers who continue to raise the indigenous pot-bellied pigs because it realizes they are neither as prolific nor as large as other breeds.[2]

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