PROVIDENCE, N.C. — A deformed baby pig that was born on a farm in Virginia and rescued by an animal sanctuary in North Carolina has been flown to a veterinary hospital in Pennsylvania for medical treatment.
The Danville Register & Bee reports that the black female pig named "Hope" was born with deformed rear legs on a farm near the western Virginia town of Floyd.
The 3-week-old pig was set to be euthanized. But Ziggy's Refuge Farm Sanctuary in nearby Providence, North Carolina, adopted her.
Volunteers flew Hope on a private plane to the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine in Kennett Square outside of Philadelphia on Nov. 16. Its staff will determine whether her legs can be repaired.
Even if Hope's legs can't be fixed, she will return to Ziggy's Refuge Farm Sanctuary.
The sanctuary is home to about 20 other special needs animals. They include Moko the sheep, who lost both rear legs to frostbite, two blind cows and a pig with spina bifida.