A PIGLET which was found on a road with her umbilical cord still attached has been rescued by an animal sanctuary

Pickles the piglet was found newly-born on a main road in Norfolk. As there wasn't a pig farm nearby, this was the probable result of a pregnant sow giving birth on a lorry on the way to the slaughterhouse and the piglets falling through the slats onto the road.

A spokesman for Hillside Animal Sanctuary said an abattoir worker had confirmed to them that sows often arrive at the slaughterhouse having given birth during transport with their tiny piglets lying all over the floor.

Pickles has been receiving lots of love and attention from the staff at Hillside who are feeding her every two hours including through the night. She is pictured here doing well at four days old. When she is big enough, she will live with some of our other 200 rescued pigs who already have a home in the Sanctuary.