/ 6 September 2005

Buy a house and get a pig

A housing developer in Britain is offering a live pig as a pet to anyone who purchases a property from him, a spokesperson said on Monday, adding that the unusual offer has already attracted two buyers.

The rare Gloucester Old Spot pig will be fully house-trained before it is delivered to its new family.

Those who do not fancy getting trotter marks on their carpets can opt to have their pig kept on a farm and turned into pork chops or rashers of bacon.

Property developer Jeremy Paxton has promised to supply a pig to anyone investing in a home on the exclusive Lower Mill estate, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, south-west England.

“It will make a change from having a Labrador,” a spokesperson said. — AFP