Pets or Lunch? New Mini-Pigs as Pets Craze Sweeping Mexico City Agence France-Presse
go to original November 18, 2015

Mexicans develop taste for mini-pigs... as pets (AFP/BB News)

The pet at the end of the leash is tiny, chubby and wears a little sweater as it is paraded down a Mexico City street by its owner.

But look closer: this is no poodle or chihuahua — it's a mini-pig, the new pet craze in the capital, where growing numbers are opting for porcine companions over canines.

...Mini-pigs have been adopted as pets in other parts of the world, but they are a new sight in Latin America and Mexico, where they have become a status symbol, selling for as much as $US2,500.

Seeing pigs as pets comes as a surprise in a country famous for its pork rinds (chicharron) dishes or tacos filled with spit-roasted meat.

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