In 1849 an American farmer watched a sow give birth and was moved to record a diary entry: "Pigs! Pigs! Pork! Pork! Pork!" The writer's enthusiasm — dug up by historical geographer Sam Bowers Hilliard ...

It’s a known method of far-right activists in Europe, as pigs are considered unclean in both Islam and Judaism. (JTA) — Pig meat was left at the entrance to two synagogues in Switzerland. The ...

JERUSALEM – Jewish settlers in the West Bank say there’s a new weapon to fight terrorism – bomb-sniffing pigs. And prominent rabbis agree the idea is kosher. “Pigs have a much more developed sense of ...

LEWISTON – A pig’s head was thrown through the open door of the Lewiston Auburn Islamic Center on Lisbon Street while nearly 40 Muslim men were praying late Monday night. Pigs are considered unclean ...

This Chinese sculpture, dating to about 200 AD, depicts an outhouse perched over a pigsty. All over the world pigs ate human waste, carrion, and rotting garbage, a dietary habit that made them quite ...

In 1849 an American farmer watched a sow give birth and was moved to record a diary entry: "Pigs! Pigs! Pork! Pork! Pork!" The writer's enthusiasm — dug up by historical geographer Sam Bowers Hilliard ...