While March 4th inspires a punny “march forth!” and March 15th is the dreaded “ides,” when Julius Caesar was brutally murdered, March 1st has been kind of a lonely day — neither auspicious nor inauspicious, not quite winter but not quite spring. Sure, Nebraska became a state on this day in 1867, and a hundred years later, a Soviet space probe landed on Venus (the first craft to reach the surface of another planet). Since 1972, however, and probably unbeknownst to most of you, this moment in the calendar has been celebrated as National Pig Day, mostly in the United States. And, for good reason. In a preponderance of porcine pride, the pig is one of the most intelligent domesticated animals, which offers farms a bounty for market, certainly, and also offers some people companionship. Pet “micro pigs” are usually a variety of potbellied pig such as the Vietnamese Potbellieds and Royal Dandies, but other breeds have smaller versions that are adopted as pets, as well. There is even something called the Pig Placement Network through which you may, in fact, adopt one. The network urges potential adopters to check local zoning ordinances to ensure they can have a pig (even if they live in rural areas) and, by all means, check your local HOA rules if you live in a condo.
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