IT was a tale of forbidden romance, or perhaps just a bit of filthy frolicking.<\/p>\n

Either way, when lusty male pig Willy-Joel broke into the quarters of fertile female Charli at the Sugarshine Feminist Animal Rescue Mission in Wyrallah, it was a match made in piggy heaven.<\/p>\n

Willy had managed to contravene the strict rule of celibacy imposed on all animals at the farm.<\/p>\n

The window of opportunity afforded to this lothario was just four days – the time between him getting dropped off at the farm one night, and the vet arriving to desex him.<\/p>\n

“We were in denial (about the pregnancy) to start with but one day we noticed she was getting quite a bit bigger,” Sugarshine founder Kelly Nelder said.<\/p>\n

Three months, three weeks, and three days later, 11 beautiful piglets were born – all in good health.<\/p>\n

Despite the pregnancy hiccup, the three women who run Sugarshine took it all in their stride in what is a labour of love.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Northern Star, 15 August 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo<\/strong>:\u00a0Marc Stapelberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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