List of pigs

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This is a list of notable pigs, hogs, or wild boars.

1 General
2 Large pigs
3 References
4 See also

[edit] General

[edit] Jason Kett

In 1859, an unnamed British-owned pig wandered into Lyman Cutlar's potato patch on San Juan Island, Washington, and was shot, thus setting off a (small) cold war known as the Great Pig War.

[edit] King Neptune

Main article: King Neptune (pig)

King Neptune (May 16, 1942–May 14, 1950) was a hereford swine used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 million in war bonds for the construction of USS Illinois between 1942 and 1946. At least two monuments have been erected in honor of this pig and his handlers.

[edit] Tirpitz

Main article: Tirpitz (pig)

Tirpitz aboard HMS Glasgow

Tirpitz was a pig captured from the German Navy after a naval skirmish following the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. He subsequently became the mascot of the cruiser HMS Glasgow.

[edit] Max

Main article: Max (pig)

Max was the Vietnamese black bristled potbellied pig pet of George Clooney, often referred to as "Max the star" by Clooney. The pig shared Clooney's Hollywood Hills home, also Clooney's bed, and frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly because of his size. He is often credited with saving Clooney's life by waking him up before an earthquake in Los Angeles on January 16, 1994

[edit] Pigasus

Main article: Pigasus (politics)

Pigasus was a tongue-in-cheek candidate for President of the United States run by the Yippies at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

[edit] The Tamworth Two

Main article: Tamworth Two

The Tamworth Two, named Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Pig, were two Tamworth Ginger pigs who escaped while being unloaded from a lorry at an abattoir in the English town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire in January 1998. The pigs were on the run for over a week, and the search for them caused a huge media sensation, as well as immense public interest, both in Britain and abroad.

[edit] Large pigs

This is a list of pigs, hogs, or wild boars that are notable for their abnormally large size.

[edit] Monster Pig

Jamison Stone poses with Monster Pig in an allegedly doctored photograph.^[1]

Main article: Monster Pig

Monster Pig is the name of a large hog killed on May 3, 2007, by an eleven year-old boy, Jamison Stone in a 150-acre (0.61 km²) low fence enclosure within the larger 2,500 acre (10 km²) commercial hunting preserve called Lost Creek Plantation, outside Anniston, Alabama. According to the hunters (there were no independent witnesses) the pig weighed 1,051 lb (477 kg). Claims of the authenticity and allegations of the kill being a canned hunt have disputed the claim.

[edit] Hogzilla

Hogzilla

Main article: Hogzilla

Hogzilla is the name given to a wild hog that was shot and killed in Alapaha, Georgia, on June 17, 2004, by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoak's farm and hunting reserve. Alleged to be 12 feet (3.6 m) long and to weigh 1,000 pounds (450 kg), scientists confirmed that Hogzilla actually weighed 800 pounds (360 kg) and was between 7.5 and 8 feet (2.25 and 2.4 m) long, diminishing the previous claim.^[2]

[edit] Coursey hog

Coursey hog

On January 5, 2007, a 1,100 lb (500 kg) feral hog was shot in Fayetteville, Georgia.^[3] The shooter was William "Bill" Coursey, who hung the specimen from a tree in his yard.^[4] Neighbours reported that the animal had been seen in the neighbourhood several times over the preceding days.^[5] A spokesperson from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said that large boars and feral hogs were common in southern Georgia, but that no records are kept on them. The media latched on to the notion that this animal rivals the size of Hogzilla.^[6]^[7]

“	My wife and son were driving home that afternoon, and they saw this hog eating water oak acorns in the neighbor's yard. We asked the owner if he'd like me to shoot it and he said he did. So I went over there, and got in position with my crutches (a fireman, Coursey was recuperating from a broken femur). I was about 40 yards away when I shot it right behind the ear (with a Ruger [Model 77] MK II 7 mm/.08 rifle). It took one step back and fell over, and that was it.	”
	— Bill Coursey

[edit] Hog Kong

Hog Kong

Hog Kong was an estimated 1,140 lb (517 kg) wild hog killed in August 2004 by Larry Earley at his 22-acre farm near Leesburg, Florida, using a Smith & Wesson Model 29.^[8]

[edit] Big Bill

The world record for the heaviest pig so far is held by Big Bill, owned by Elias Buford Butler of Jackson, Tennessee. It was a Poland China breed of hog that tipped the scales at 2,552 lb (1,157 kg) in 1933.^[9] Bill was due to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair when he broke a leg and had to be put down. At about this point in time, the trend in hog production began to shift to hogs that were much trimmer and very lean.^[10]

[edit] Ton Pig

Ton Pig

Ton Pig was a domestic hog from China owned by Xu Changjin that weighed in at 900 kg.^[11] Ton died from lack of mobility due to obesity on February 4, 2004. It was sent to the Liaoning Agriculture Museum in Shenyang, for display.^[12]

[edit] Big Norm

Big Norm was owned by Robert Peterson. Although Norm got regular hog feed, he started to grow to freakish proportions. A cooperative extension agent was able to calculate Norm's weight at 1600 lb (730 kg) and he was 8 ft (2.4 m) long, and 4 ft (1.2 m) high.^[13]^[14]