Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication ...

For Wallace, it’s about breeding and raising happy, healthy and impressive Berkshire pigs. Living all her life in Trafalgar, the 16-year-old has always had feeder pigs in her backyard.

Some days the Berkshire pigs even ate angel food cake. The pigs get excited when Robertson walks up with the buckets; they know what they contain. “It’s been fun seeing them grow.

Martin said he believes he runs the largest pig operation in Berkshire County out of his farm in Cheshire, carrying “350 hogs at all times.” Neither Martin nor Gallagher will have to alter their ...

A representative for the Prospect Park Alliance, which manages the more than 500-acre greenspace, said the organization has not received any information about a pig, lost or found. According to the ...

Or if someone falls in love with Raisin, a 1 1/2-year-old hairless guinea pig or “skinny pig” who has perfected her impression of a tiny hippopotamus. Dogs are another story all together. Catherine ...

The breed of medium-sized black boars is a cross between Berkshire and Ossabaw Island hogs, with plump bodies and dark bristly fur. “We selected them based on their confirmation,” Trainum said.