Read more pig stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9532/pig.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:48:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71767/paris-to-peta-pig-better-off-with-me-than-as-bacon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParis Hilton is still squealing with excitement over her new miniature piglet—“It’s a girl!” she tells Us —but she’s not pleased with PETA, which called her a “wretched example” for treating her pets “as disposable.” Not true, the heiress says: “I treat my pets like children. I think it's...http://www.newser.com/story/71767/paris-to-peta-pig-better-off-with-me-than-as-bacon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 9:52:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71669/peta-peeved-over-paris-pig.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPETA has found a new poster child for its ire: Paris Hilton, who recently adopted a $4,500 miniature piglet. Despite naming the animal “Princess Piglette,” TMZ notes, PETA claims the "wretched example" treats her pets like “disposable accessories”—“as disposable as her friends,” to be exact, Digital Spy reports....http://www.newser.com/story/71669/peta-peeved-over-paris-pig.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 6:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63295/bacon-flavored-donuts-fine-vodka-fine-but-coffee-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBacon has been popping up everywhere, observes Hattie Garlick for the Times of London. Store shelves teem with chocolate-covered bacon, bacon-flavored vodka, and bacon-flavored donuts, but she almost couldn’t believe the latest culinary staple to get the pig treatment: coffee. “It's a beautiful marriage of two culinary powerhouses—providing an...http://www.newser.com/story/63295/bacon-flavored-donuts-fine-vodka-fine-but-coffee-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57351/swine-flu-confirmed-in-uk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo British citizens have contracted swine flu, the virus that has killed at least 149 people in Mexico and sickened 20 in the US, the Guardian reports. The pair returned from a trip to Mexico last week and fell ill, the Scottish health minister said today. Seven others who had...http://www.newser.com/story/57351/swine-flu-confirmed-in-uk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 13:48:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57081/bizarre-swine-flu-strikes-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeven people in California and Texas have been struck by swine flu despite having no contact with pigs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Baffled investigators believe the unusual, newly detected form of the flu may be spreading from person to person. The symptoms are similar to standard influenza, leading officials...http://www.newser.com/story/57081/bizarre-swine-flu-strikes-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 5:00:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55859/better-pork-carries-big-health-risks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFree-range pork sounds better for everyone involved, especially the pig. But exposure to the outdoors means exposure to dangerous pathogens, from salmonella to toxoplasmosis to the deadly parasite trichinosis, writes James McWilliams for the New York Times . "Free range is like piggy day care, a thoughtfully arranged system designed to...http://www.newser.com/story/55859/better-pork-carries-big-health-risks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 9:33:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55721/critics-beef-about-pig-explosions-in-us-army-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnimal rights activists have condemned the US military for blowing up live pigs to test body armor, USA Today reports. Military officials say the tests provided valuable information on the relationship between body armor and brain injury. But critics say the pig-blasting program caused unnecessary animal suffering for questionable results.http://www.newser.com/story/55721/critics-beef-about-pig-explosions-in-us-army-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 4:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52648/hbo-cruelty-doc-makes-pork-industry-squeamish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA documentary on animal cruelty at an Ohio hog farm has the pork industry considering how to better represent its “commitment to animal care,” Reuters reports. The footage in Death on a Factory Farm , taken secretly, led to animal-cruelty prosecutions, though the charged workers were acquitted. HBO airs the film...http://www.newser.com/story/52648/hbo-cruelty-doc-makes-pork-industry-squeamish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 16:40:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44350/even-planes-are-greener-than-this-guy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis week ministers from 187 nations are gathering in Poland to discuss a new treaty on global warming, and one of the central issues will be not belching smokestacks but cows, pigs, and chickens. Rising global living standards have led to soaring meat consumption; emissions from livestock now generate 18%...http://www.newser.com/story/44350/even-planes-are-greener-than-this-guy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 7:45:09 CST