In
the town of Hoerstel, Germany, a little piglet was found cold and
helpless in a forest. Farm owner and property developer, Roland
Adam decided to bring it home for fear that wild foxes might make
it their next meal. Starved and shivering, the piglet, christened
Paulinchen, was brought back to Roland’s farm.
Roland and his wife, Edit, keep a pair of Vietnamese pigs that had
just given birth to a litter. The pigs are allowed to roam freely
and Roland suspected that little Paulinchen was abandoned because
she was the runt of the litter. Thankfully for Paulinchen, Roland
had a brilliant idea.
“My
Rhodesian Rigdeback, Katjinga, had just finished with a litter of
her own, who are now 10 months, so I thought there was a chance she
might take on the duties of looking after her. Katjinga is the best
mother you can imagine. She immediately fell in love with the
piggy. Straight away she started to clean it like it was one of her
own puppies,” Roland enthused.
Paulinchen recovered quickly under Katjinga’s care, suckling her
like she would her real mother. These pictures depict how easily
Katjinga took to Paulinchen and treated her as one of her own.
