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A Piglet Left Behind By Its Herd Finds A New Family With Some Cattle

A Piglet Left Behind By Its Herd Finds A New Family With Some Cattle

 A cow herd in Germany has gained an unlikely following, after adopting a lone wild boar piglet.

Farmer Friedrich Stapel told the dpa news agency that he spotted the piglet among the herd in the central German community of Brevoerde about three weeks ago. It had likely lost its group when they crossed a nearby river.

Wild boar Frieda eats next to a cow Thursday in a pasture in Holzminden, Germany.

Wild boar Frieda eats next to a cow Thursday in a pasture in Holzminden, Germany.

Stapel said while he knows what extensive damage wild boars can cause, he can't bring himself to chase the animal away, dpa reported Thursday.


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