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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Mina Alali

The pet I’ll never forget: Merlin the sassy pig, who helped me meet my husband

Mina whispering to Merlin the pig
‘He’s as cute as a button’ … Mina with Merlin, her Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. Photograph: Kelly Lynn Jordan

We have lots of animals in our home in Sacramento, California – a dog, two chicks, a pigeon, a bearded dragon, three rats and two rescue cows. But our pig, Merlin, is special.

I had a pig obsession for a while. I remember going to visit some animal sanctuaries and getting emotional when I saw the pigs. There’s just something about them that I felt a connection to. I knew how smart they were. I remember telling myself that one day I’d have a pig.

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