{"id":15052,"date":"2015-12-18T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=15052"},"modified":"2015-12-18T09:10:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T17:10:30","slug":"pregnant-pig-leaps-from-moving-truck-to-save-her-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/pregnant-pig-leaps-from-moving-truck-to-save-her-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Pig Leaps From Moving Truck To Save Her Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Rita the pig did something amazing&#8211;she broke free from a flimsy cage on a transport truck headed to a slaughterhouse, and jumped from the moving vehicle to freedom. She miraculously landed safely in some grass, and animal control officers took her to a shelter where she proceeded to give birth to 14 babies! 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