City Ready to Welcome Year of Pig
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A CITY will hold its traditional Chinese New Ye
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BUTEYONGERA, Uganda  - George Sabadu Hornsleth says he is grateful as he proudly indicates a neatly constructed wooden pen where his new piglet snuffles under the shade of a papaya tree.
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LEXINGTON, N.C. - A 65-pound pot-bellied pig will be called into forecasting duty when Lexington celebrates "Groundhawg's Day" on Feb. 2. "Lil Bit" will be looking for her shadow to help determine how soon spring will arrive.
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ALAPAHA, Ga. - Residents of this small farming town gathered Saturday to celebrate Hogzilla, a 12-foot-long wild pig that was supposedly shot by a hunting guide last summer and quickly grew into a worldwide legend.
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By Angel Riggs and Michael Overall, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Aggravated farmers seem ready to put down their guns now that environmentalists have taken steps to protect crops from wild elk, officials said Monday.
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Hi-tech monitoring of livestock at pig farms could help improve the animal growth process and reduce costs.
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By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Dec. 17--Political, civic and business leaders who care about Long Island should have the same New Year's resolution at the top of their lists: launching the redevelopment of the Nassau County Hub.
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ALAPAHA, Ga. - With the local legend of Hogzilla spreading worldwide, residents of this tiny Georgia town have decided to feature the prodigious porker in their annual festival...
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By Sara Semelka, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 11--Soon after residents of Arrow Rock began to network with other activists to try stopping a large pig farm planned two miles outside their historic town, they realized their situation was not unique.
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Farmers across the North-East are getting ready to throw open their gates this week as part of this year's Open Farm Sunday.
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Carnival season in New Orleans is the prime time to see all the crazy people. Just add their dogs to the mix, as they did Sunday, and it becomes the annual Krewe of Barkus parade.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - When Christine Gamache was driving along Interstate 205 and saw a pig fall out the back of a tractor-trailer rig, she didn't just scratch her head and drive on. She pulled over and stood by the 500-pound animal, possibly averting a freeway pile-up, the State Patrol said.
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Chinese entertainers in lion costumes perform outside a temple fair to celebrate the coming of spring in Beijing Tuesday. Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland on Sunday to pray, play, eat and celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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By Keith Lawrence, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Sep. 18--Barbecue, bluegrass, pumpkins, apples, monsters and the rather dramatic arrival of jolly ol' St. Nick are on tap this fall at a dozen area festivals.
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Politics: 31 December 2004, Friday. Citizens of Sofia will celebrate on the streets of the city the coming of the New Year.
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China's worries about soaring pork prices have reached new heights in a southwestern town where a man has been raising three squealing pigs in his apartment, local media reported.
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One hot market is about to get a whole lot more interesting.