a good mud bath is a lifesaver, the sanctuary explained. The misconception about pigs being filthy mainly stems from the factory farms that keep these animals in unimaginable conditions.

and even helped build a pizza oven out of mud. The chickens, goats, and ducks also got lots of attention from the kids.

Grass and even brambles will rapidly be destroyed by the constant rooting of piggy snouts for interesting things to eat, reducing everything to bare earth or mud ... of pigs on and off farms ...