Protest Pig Was A Living Flag

Protest Pig Was A Living Flag HOG EQUIPMENT & IDEAS For a time under Prussian oppression in the late 1800’s Danish citizens weren’t allowed to raise their country’s flag So instead they bred a red and white pig to be a “living flag” that was a symbolic snub to Prussian authorities Farmers crossbred several varieties to create the red pig with a white shoulder band and white belly or back The white lines mimic the horizontal and vertical lines on the Danish red flag In 1911 Austrians officially recognized the “Danish Protest Pig” as the Austrian national pig - “a sign of patriotism an honor for Austria and a humiliation for Prussia ” While the breed was politically significant it wasn’t practical with its thick layer of fat and slow growth rate The last piglets were born in 1968 and it seemed to be the end of the story for the Danish Protest Pig However similar-looking pigs showed up in 1984 in Berlin and the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein now supports their preservation Renamed the Husum Red Pied pig or the Red and White Husum pig they can be found in limited numbers mostly in German zoos

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