List of individual pigs
This is a list of notable pigs.
General
Arnold
Arnold was the Ziffels' pet pig on the TV sitcom Green Acres. He performed anthropomorphic activities such as coming uninvited into the Douglas home, turning on the television, and sitting in a chair to watch it.
Esther the Wonder Pig
Template:Main Esther the Wonder Pig (June 12, 2012 – October 18, 2023) was a Canadian pet pig who gained an online following.<ref name="CBC1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="CBC2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="WashingtonPost1">Template:Cite web</ref> She is known for inspiring conversations about veganism and factory farming.<ref name="Salon">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Vox">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="AnimalSaveMovement">Template:Cite web</ref>
Khanzir
Template:Main Khanzir is a male pig who, in May 2009, attracted international attention as the "only pig in Afghanistan".<ref>"Quarantine for lonely Afghan pig", BBC, May 7, 2009</ref>
King Neptune
Template:Main King Neptune (May 16, 1942 – May 14, 1950) was a Hereford swine used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 million in war bonds for the construction of Template:USS between 1942 and 1946. At least two monuments have been erected in honor of this pig and his handlers.
Learned pig
In 1784-85 an unnamed pig was exhibited in London under the title The Learned Pig. The pig was said to be able to spell words and solve arithmetical problems. Other pigs were later exhibited in a similar way, under the name Toby, and were said to also be able to read minds.
Maude
Maude was a pet owned by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and his family during his presidency (1901–1909).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Max
Template:Main Max was the Vietnamese potbellied pig pet of George Clooney, often referred to as "Max the star" by Clooney. The pig shared Clooney's Hollywood Hills home, also Clooney's bed, and frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly because of his size. Max died in 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Pigasus
Template:Main Pigasus was a tongue-in-cheek candidate for President of the United States run by the Yippies at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Snobben
Snobben was a Norwegian pet pig that received national attention when the owner's car was stolen in 2001, with the pet pig inside. The car was found five days later, with the pig in good shape.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At the time Snobben was already known locally in Oslo, where he during the late 1990s was often seen doing the groceries alone at Majorstuen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Tamworth Two
Template:Main The Tamworth Two, named Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Pig, were two Tamworth Ginger pigs who escaped while being unloaded from a lorry at an abattoir in the English town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire in January 1998. The pigs were on the run for over a week, and the search for them caused a huge media sensation, as well as immense public interest, both in Britain and abroad.
Thunder and Bolt
Template:Main Thunder and Bolt are a pair of certified therapy animals, raised by a 10-year-old girl, who have garnered national attention in the US for visiting hospitals and nursing homes.
Tirpitz
Tirpitz was a pig captured from the German Navy after a naval skirmish following the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. He subsequently became the mascot of the cruiser HMS Glasgow.
Unnamed pig
In 1859, an unnamed British-owned pig wandered into Lyman Cutlar's potato patch on San Juan Island, Washington, and was shot, thus setting off a (small) cold war known as the Pig War.
Lulu
Potbelly pig that saved her owner from a heart attack by alerting a nearby passing driver according to the North American Pet Pig Association. The pig accordingly exited her yard and then went into traffic and just laid down in the middle of the road. The driver got out of his car to see her owner JoAnn Altsman collapsed from a heart attack. The driver then went and contacted medical help.
Large pigs
This is a list of pigs that are notable for their abnormally large size.
Curly Boy
In March 1901, an article appeared in the Rushville, Illinois newspaper, the Rushville Times, telling of the slaughter of a 1,255 pound hog. This article was later printed in the Schuyler County, Illinois historical newsletter The Schuylerite 14:1 (Spring 1985): "Curly Boy Slaughtered The above caption may appear misleading and cause the TIMES readers to think there has been a slaughter of a tow-headed boy, but it was meant to tell of the death of Samuel A. Stephen's big hog in Chicago. Mr. Stephens shipped the 1,255 pound porker from here last week and he reached Chicago safely. All along the way, whenever the train stopped, there gathered a crowd of persons to see the hog. At the Union Stock Yards in Chicago he attracted not a little attention and drew a crowd like a monkey show in the country. At the packing house where he was killed, the foreman ordered the butchers to hang him up on cattle chains, as the regular hog chains were not made for such as he. His skin was carefully removed and was turned over to a taxidermist, who will cure it and mount the animal in a life size position."
Hogzilla
Hogzilla is the name given to a wild hog that was shot and killed in Alapaha, Georgia, on June 17, 2004. Alleged to be Template:Convert long and to weigh Template:Convert, scientists confirmed that Hogzilla actually weighed Template:Convert and was between Template:Convert long.<ref>Hogzillapic Template:Webarchive</ref>
Coursey hog
On January 5, 2007, a Template:Convert feral hog was shot in Fayetteville, Georgia.<ref>Field and Stream: Hogzilla Or Wilbur? Solving The Mystery Behind The Latest 'Giant Boar' Template:Webarchive</ref> Neighbours reported that the animal had been seen in the neighborhood several times over the preceding days.<ref>Georgia Outdoor News: 1,100-lb. Feral Hog Shot in Fayette Co.</ref> A spokesperson from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said that large boars and feral hogs were common in southern Georgia, but that no records are kept on them. The media latched on to the notion that this animal rivals the size of Hogzilla.<ref name="Huge boar shot near Atlanta">Huge boar shot near Atlanta</ref><ref>Aiken Today: Son of Hogzilla' heading to Aiken</ref>
Hog Kong
Hog Kong was an estimated Template:Convert wild hog killed in August 2004.<ref>Jacksonville.com: HOG KONG: 'HE WAS A BEAST'</ref>
Big Bill
The world record for the fattest pig so far is held by Big Bill, owned by Elias Buford Butler of Jackson, Tennessee. It was a Poland China breed of hog that tipped the scales at Template:Convert in 1933.<ref>Times Online: Boy, 11, shoots biggest hog in the backwoods</ref> Bill was due to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair when he broke a leg and had to be put down. At about this point in time, the trend in hog production began to shift to hogs that were much trimmer and very lean.<ref>Alberta Pork: This Business of Pork Production Template:Webarchive</ref>
Ton Pig
Ton Pig was a domestic hog from China owned by Xu Changjin that weighed in at Template:Convert. Ton died from lack of mobility because of obesity on February 4, 2004. It was sent to the Liaoning Agriculture Museum in Shenyang, for display.<ref>China Daily: This big piggy went to the museum</ref>
Big Norm
Big Norm was owned by Robert Peterson of Hamilton, New York. Even though fed on regular hog feed, Norm grew to large proportions estimated at Template:Convert.<ref>Introducing Big Norm: 1,600-pound hog's day includes 20 gallons of feed, 20 hours of sleep</ref> Big Norm died of apparent heart failure in 2008.<ref>"Big Norm", the world's largest pig, died this morning</ref>