“ Pardon the poo,” says Melanie Moreau, the founder of My Pig Filled Life, a pig rescue organization in Wills Point, east of Dallas. On a tour of her 17-acre sanctuary, Moreau leads us from the grassy front lawn of her brick farmhouse through pens, pastures, and at least a half-dozen red barns and shelters. Almost 300 rescued mini pigs reside here. Goats, sheep, and ginny hens, too. Also, roosters, whose constant crows mix with the cacophony of cicadas coming from the surrounding woods.
Despite Moreau’s warning, there’s not a whiff of manure. “Pigs are very clean,” she says. “Some of our pigs here, their pheromones smell just like maple syrup.”
Smart and affectionate, pigs can make great pets and are increasingly popular as domesticated animals. People
