Let’s get serious for a moment. Any pet - pig, pelican or polar bear - is a huge undertaking of responsibility and a decision ...

Police are unsure if a crime has been committed because the animals were livestock: "If it was a pit bull [dog] … then we would know the answer right away." ...

A Cranston man is now facing charges of animal cruelty and abandonment after dropping a pet pig off at the West Greenwich Animal Shelter. "She looked like a porcupine, her hair was 6-inches long, I ...

Pitzl was also impressed that this was not Martin’s first go-round with raising a pig. About 10 years ago, Martin’s children had surprised him with a small pet house pig named Sarge ...