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Barcroft / Fame Pictures Porcine phenom Olivia has nothing on Louie, a potbellied pig on the other side of the pond with a pretty special talent. This Wales-based fella is quite the athletic oinker: At just 10 months old, he's capable of racing and jumping alongside guys twice his age at dog agility shows across the U.K., reports the Daily Mail. It all started when Louie's owner, animal behaviorist Sue Williams (see video below), would set up practice obstacle courses for her pack of pro dogs at home. Like clockwork, Louie would run up to the fence, wanting in on the acrobatic action. One day, he shocked Williams by zipping through a tunnel on command, solidifying the squealer's spot on ...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... a pig? Gwen and Steve Howell, proud owners of seven pigs in Shropshire, England, are proving that pigs can fly -- on a trampoline, that is. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=799144&pid=799143&uts=1260826725 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf When Pigs Can Fly The couple plans to bring their 6-week-old acrobatic piglet named Scarlett to meet Simon Cowell next week at Britain's Got Talent auditions to show off her bouncing skills, reports the UK's Daily Mail. Steve Woods, NTI / Landov When Pigs ...

Deanna Dent, South Florida Sun-Sentinel / MCT The Florida family who was ready to move rather than give up their 300-pound pet pig may not have to pack up and leave after all. After Rob Falk's family and their Yorkshire pig, Strawberri, made national headlines, their local town council in Southwest Ranches, Fla. decided it will consider changing its law banning all swine except for pot-bellied pigs, reports the Chicago Tribune. The town had originally told the Falk family that they had until December 1 to find a new home for their pet, or face a fine of $100 per day. The Falks, who rent their home, consider Strawberri a part of the family and were prepared to uproot their lives to keep ...

Photo: Sam Saccone, The Fayetteville Observer What do you do if your eight-year-old autistic son finds dogs too hyper and cats too dull? If you're Lisa Pia of Fayetteville, North Carolina, you get your little boy a pet piglet. A black potbellied pig, to be exact. Little did Pia know she was violating a Fayetteville ordinance banning the keeping of swine. But Pia insists it's just plain hogwash and is fighting to get the law changed on behalf of her son, Anthony. "Soon as he saw her, it was love at first sight," Pia told WRAL News, recalling Anthony's first meeting with the female pig they named Loopey. Anthony doted on Loopey, wrapping her in a towel like a baby. As the piglet grew, ...