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Home / Kids and Teens / School Time / Science / Living Things / Animals / Mammals / Pigs
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Web Sites
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- Breeds of Livestock - Swine Breeds - Comprehensive site with information on more than thirty subspecies of pig from the American Landrace to Wuzhishan.
www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine
- Hog - Article from Encarta Encyclopedia provides a basic description of these members of the swine family.
encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761569305
- National Committee on Pot Bellied Pigs - National pot bellied pig organization which provides information on breeding, showing, owning, and selling. Contains information on national pot bellied pig shows, detailed care and feeding tips, medical hints and tips, and training information.
www.ncopp.com
- North American Potbellied Pig Association - Gives information about pig care, and has kid's section.
www.petpigs.com/nainpage.htm
- PIGS a Sanctuary - Information on pigs, potbelly pigs, potbellied pigs, animal rescue and the sanctuary.
www.pigs.org
- Pigs in the News - 2002 - Read about bizarre stories that happened to pigs.
www.pigsinthenews.com/issues/02/main02.htm
- Pork4Kids: Go Hog Wild - Join Michael and Bethany for a virtual tour of their hog farm, or meet Adam and learn about his life on the farm.
www.pork4kids.com/kids/goHogWild.asp
- Potbelly Pig Resource and Adoption Center - Includes a picture gallery, happy pot belly owners and learn what it takes to adopt, raise and nurture your very own potbellied pet mini pig.
potbellypigofmyheart.com/index.htm
- St. Louis Zoo: Babirusa - Learn about the Babirusa Pigs from the Saint Louis Zoo.
www.stlzoo.org/content.asp?page_name=babirusa
- Sus Scrofa - Describes the range, physical characteristics, habits, and economic impact of the most common species.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/sus/s._scrofa$narrative.html
- The Joy of Pigs - Learn about pigs, how to keep them as pets, and pigs around the world.
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/pigs
- Virtual Hog Barn - Offers a virtual journey through all three stages of the hog production process, the farrowing barn, the nursery barn, and the finishing barn.
collections.ic.gc.ca/hog
- Willow - 'Willow' is a pet pig and there are pictures of Willow and her owner, friends and neighbors, Heros, Famous people, Flying Pigs and other information.
www.homestead.com/johnpopko2/willow.html
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