Face only a mother could love!

These pigs are rare kunekune pigs. They aren't the most attractive to look at - this one was the prettiest of a group of about 10 so that will tell you what the others were like.

The Kune kune pig may not take up much space, but you know they're in the room. Small livestock with personality-plus!

The Kune kune (pronounced, Koo-nee Koo-nee) pig just might be the answer.

New Zealand?s first people, the Maori, were the first keepers of the Kune kune, which is why they are also known as the 'Maori pig'. The origin of the little pigs remains unclear, with several theories on how they were aquired. In 1992, the Kune kune pig was imported from New Zealand to Britain, and have only very recently reached American breeders. In the 1970s, the breed was nearly non-existent and in 1988, The New Zealand Kunekune Association was incorporated to save the small pig from extinction.


Read more at Suite101: Meet The Kune Kune: New Zealand's Little Pig With The Big Personality http://www.suite101.com/content/small-pigs-meet-the-kune-kune-a83827#ixzz12TKt66Hj