Obviously here at 247Moneybox.com we love our pigs, so we thought we might enlighten you further with some facts from the Compassion in World Farming website about our pink little friends.

Pigs have had an unfair reputation of being gluttonous and dirty. What you probably don’t know about pigs is that they are more intelligent than you might think - in fact they are considered to be more intelligent than dogs. Pigs have been used to forage precious truffles since the Middle Ages.

The pig’s adaptive nature and diet has meant that it was easy to domesticate, and it is believed that it was one of the first types of livestock to be domesticated, even before cattle. It’s a great animal as livestock as it doesn’t need huge amounts of land and can scavenge and find food itself.

Compassion in World Farming works tirelessly to fight intensive and mechanised farming practices. The charity believes that animals reared for livestock should have a good standard of living, in particular highlighting that animals should have the freedom to roam and express their natural behaviour. In these systems, pregnant sows are often confined in narrow crates, unable to move freely, and subject to extreme levels of distress and cruelty.