This piglet went to market at 4 weeks of age but she got lucky and was rescued by the founder of the Farm Sanctuary shelter in Cape Town,South Africa. They worried about how to keep the animal stimulated and tried various balls for entertainment but what seemed to draw the pig's attention were the paint brushes still lying around the newly built barn. She was soon dipping the brushes in paint pots and making paintings which in turn caught on in a big way,one selling for $4,000 which was donated to animal welfare. She is now collaborating with Swiss watchmaker Swatch to design several different watch faces in honor of the Chinese year of the pig. They appropriately named her Pigcasso. I wonder if the paint brushes were boar's bristle?
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