Happy as a pig in… wellies?
A piglet scared of wallowing in mud has overcome its fears with the help of some Wellington boots.
Six-week-old Cinderella the saddleback pig caused a stir in the news this week after it was revealed that she appears to suffer from mysophobia, a fear of dirt, having refused to join her siblings as they splashed around in the mud.
Owner Andrew Keeble and his wife Debbie run a sausage company and keep about 200 pigs on their 1,000-acre farm in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. They said of the piglet, “We’ve never come across this before - she’s scared of mud, but her brothers and sisters are quite happy in it.”
It was their 12 year old daughter Ellie that suggested kitting her out in tiny wellies which had been on a key ring. “Lo and behold they fitted her like a glove,” Mr Keeble said.
Cinderella took to her wellingtons so keenly that she has been recruited to act as a mascot in the campaign to raise money for the Farm Crisis Network, which supports struggling farmers.
“She’s more of a pet really now and she’s going to live a very long and happy life,” Mr Kimble said.
See Cinders wandering around in her wellington boots at the BBC News website.