I have always wanted a Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig, it's an endangered small domestic pig.
I've heard of them, but have never seen one. What makes you want one?
They grow slow so I thought it would be fun that they are little longer.
How do you mean, little longer? Do they live for a long time?
I just meant they stay smaller for a longer time. The National INstitue of Animal Husbandry started a program that will subsidize farmers who reared purebred stock. Maybe I should get involved in that.
Ah, now I understand :) That subsidy idea sound like a good thing to get involved with. How would you do that?
I'm not exactly sure. I don't think they have been very successful though. They saw a little increase in the number of pot-bellies but people were inbreeding so that's not good
Hmm, sometimes these things need a bit of supervision, just to ensure that people are doing what they say they'll do. Perhaps call the organization and ask them how to proceed.
Good idea. The thing is, until the 70's it was the most numerous pig breed in in vietnam, there were millions
Dying out I suppose, like so many breeds. Such a shame :(