Shampoos, sodas, Swiss Army knives: Many of us have discarded these items at the airport security checkpoint. But a four-pound male piglet? Airport employee He Ling came across just that in January 2017 in Chengdu, China—and made a decision few would dare. She took the animal home to live with her and her husband, Feng Li, in their 30th-floor apartment. They named him Piggy. For Feng, a retired government photographer, the animal’s domestic life has been a favorite subject ever since. He considers Piggy—today weighing more than 200 pounds—a member of the family, just like the couple’s other pets, a parrot and four cats. The pig is usually food for people, Feng says, but “at least in my family, I hope it can live happily.”
(Pet pigs can communicate with humans—especially when food is involved.)
