Pig avoids the abbatoir to become an Instagram star

Bobby’s time had almost come. Four farmers holding large wooden boards had lined up to herd the pig from his sty onto a trailer that would take him to the abattoir.

However, the plucky beast, born 14 months ago on an organic farm in northern Germany, appeared to sense his fate, and decided it was not for him.

“He smashed right through the boards and ran off,” farmer Hermann Poppen told The Times. “Because he’s relatively big and very strong we just couldn’t hold him.”

The truck left. Bobby, a rare breed known as the Angeln Saddleback, had won a reprieve. But it was only temporary. A few days later the trailer was back.

“We tried three times over a period of four