Micro pig farm gets ad ban for pet that's not so wee wee wee

Katie Price off pork thanks to micro pig!

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Katie Price has said that she and new husband Alex Reid cannot stomach pork anymore as it smells like their new pet, Bingles.

The mum-of-three said: "Me and Alex have gone off bacon completely. It tastes like the smell. I can't eat Bingles no way!"

The couple received a micro pig as a wedding present from Katie's best friend.

"He's the most intelligent, cleanest animal I've ever had," the model and businesswoman said.

The reality star let daughter Princess name their new pet and said they would like more: "Because we've bought a house that's like a farm, we're going to get lots of animlas there!"

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Arthur Bevan with one of his fully grown pigs.

THIEVES stole a litter of one-week-old piglets from a farm and are now suspected of running a scam to sell them as pets.

The eleven piglets were snatched from beside their mother at Segment Farm on Pennington Lane, Earlestown.

They battered the sow with wooden sticks and it is believed they may have returned to the farm several times to gather all the piglets.

Owner Arthur Bevan, a butcher, believes many of the piglets will have died but there have been reports some are being offered for sale as pets in parts of St Helens.

It is feared crooks have been trying to pass off the piglets as ‘micro pigs’. These are trendy teacup sized pets favoured by some celebrities which sell for about £700.

Arthur, 60, from Burtonwood and a part owner in Pimmies Pies, said: “It is cruel and despicable to take them away from their mother when they are so young.

“They are most probably dead but we’ve heard reports some are being offered for sale in Parr by people falsely claiming they are micro pigs (which do not grow and are kept bigger) and trying to sell them for £100 each.

“But these pigs would grow up to weigh a third of a tonne, they are bred for meat. I would be lucky to get £20 for them even when they are six weeks old and feeding properly.

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Micro pigs are the latest celebrity accessory, owned by everyone from Rupert Grint to Katie Price.

As the name suggests they are miniature pigs that can be trained like a dog and kept in the house as a pet.

Michelle Cameron is a micro pig breeder from Thame. She sells her pigs for anything from £100 to £250.

"They are around knee high but obviously they can get to a fair old size," she said. "At the end of the day they are still pigs."

'Great pets'

In a statement to BBC Oxford the RSPCA said: "Owning and caring for a pig requires a great deal of commitment, time, skill, money, sufficient space to house the animal, specialist veterinary care when necessary and compliance with the many laws governing the keeping and transport of pigs."

Anyone wishing to keep a pig must have a CPH number.

The RSPCA states that owning a pig requires a great deal of commitment

It stands for 'County Parish Holding' and is needed in case of disease outbreak so that the authorities can track the pigs.

But despite these drawbacks Ms Cameron says that they make great pets.

Region’s pubs make pitch for World Cup supporters

Richard Keepings, Simone Carlier & Lewis Clark

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Pubs in Cambridge will be awash with England fans during the World Cup – and a Wayne Rooney lookalike will be grunting for England in one city bar.

The Empress pub in Thoday Street will have three porkie England supporters watching the new 102in screen in the bar.