At Risk Of Sounding A Bit Random...

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Hi all

This may sound daft.

A friend of mine is of the opinion that pigs are very sweet little creatures.

As such every friend tends to get her one of those little comedy pig figures and she has loads of them - short of asking for an inventory of what she has, it'd be nearly impossible to buy her one at random and find she hasn't already got it.

So I had this daft idea of buying her a Christmas present she'd adore and hopefully doing some good to a rescued pig and finding somewhere where you can 'Adopt A Pig'.

Obviously her parents wouldn't be very impressed if I rolled up Christmas morning with a pig on a leash and moved it into their back garden, so this seemed like a really good idea at the time. You know the type of thing - you get a certificate and pictures and if it's local enough, pop along to visit 'your' pet and see them now and then.

Funnily enough there don't seem to be a vast amount of websites offering such an idea...

Anyone have any idea of a charity or organisation that might run a scheme like this?

Like I said, this is a bit random but I thought it might be worth a try...

Thanks everyone.



ps next year I'm reverting to normal, non-quirky presents, they're much easier. :lol:
 
Zoz, you would be amazed at the level of information that can be gleaned from this forum at times. I am sure finding a pig (of the 4 legged kind) would not be a challenge to far..... or would it? :rolleyes:

Standby for some less than serious suggestions though... :)
 
Oh I don't doubt there'll be plenty of less serious suggestions :lol:

I never cease to be amazed, like you say, by what useful information people can come up with on board such as this and TRF, thought it was worth a shot :)

I may have found what I'm looking for just in the last few minutes though...Google finally came up with something that wasn't about Guinea Pigs!
 
Lol OB - can't see my friend being hugely impressed with that one :lol:

Cheers for the link Kathy - I saw that site a minute ago, sadly this is coming out of a student loan as a lovely as an adopted piglet sounds (one she could see grow up a bit maybe?), I found one with two pigs that charges a bit less and puts it more in my price bracket...

http://www.farmanimalrescue.org.uk/

I'm tempted to adopt something there myself so we can take a jaunt down next year and see them :)

Thanks again Kathy :)
 
I'm even tempted to adopt one, too. :blink: I love pigs! Hilda sounds lovely.

The animals available to adopt as follows:-

Animal adoption scheme menu
Hilda the Pig
Millie the Pig
Edwin the Dexter Ox
Oswin the Dexter Ox
Ronnie the Ronaldsay Sheep
Dolly the Hebridean Sheep
Louise the Saanen Goat
Bluey II the Saanen/Golden Guernsey Goat
 
They have some really interesting animals there, the Dexter Oxes in particular are quite different!
 
Adopt Pollyanna Pig here.

I've adopted animals as gifts from Hillside previously. A goat for my dad and a sheep for Mr GG :D
 
Cheers gzy - another interesting site, sounds like a good project.

Having said that, she might not like the idea of piglets going to market given that I get a raised eyebrow every time I order a meat feast pizza... :wacko: (although she might just do that to guilt trip me into buying her a pint)
 
Griffin that website looks great - I want to adopt the ex racehorse!

Thanks :)

AND it's local! Hurrah!!!
 
Great site, Griffin. They have a pot bellied pig too :o . A great idea for my OH's Christmas prezzie. :D
 
That's done it - pigs sorted and I'm going to chip in for the horses too.

Thanks again Griffin!
 
It doesn't cost much and it's an unusual and practical gift to give for Christmas or birthdays. I remember seeing a site last year where you could buy things like chickens for African villages or fishing nets and such like. I should've bookmarked it but stupidly didn't, don't suppose anybody knows where it is?
 
Zozzy, there's a very practical organisation called Send A Cow (it has a website, so if you Google, it'll come up) which sends a variety of animals to Africa to help families become self-funding. They started sending milk cows, then goats, chickens, and piggies. It's very worthwhile as many families are now man-less, due to the scourge of AIDS, and the equal scourge of dreadful wars, which have left some youngsters orphaned and trying to make enough money to bring up themselves and their surviving siblings.

Many women and young people now make enough to money from their products to not only be self-sufficient, but to sell their surplus products, too. They've gained a lot in self-confidence and pride, and in my book, the organisation's doing something very hands-on and direct for people who need a helping hand, but not a life of hand-outs.
 
I must check that one out, too, Songy. Meanwhile, by an amaaaaazing coincidence, I just happen to have received a Send A Cow catalogue this morning! The web's at http://www.sendacowgifts.org.uk in case your friend would like to donate a Curly Wee to Africa, Zozzy.
 
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