October 6, 2025 • 48 secs
A piglet was "headed to market" when it made the leap of it's life-risking death!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a story about a brave little piglet in
Iowa that had a very happy ending. Animal rescuers and
Cedar Rapids say the little oinker, which has been named Peppa,
leapt from the back of a moving truck on the
highway in a desperate jump for freedom. She suffered a
few bumps and scrapes, but Cedar Rapids Animal Care treated
her and sat on a social media post that she's
(00:21):
doing well now. Pepa spent her first day of freedom
getting warm hugs from the staff there and eating grass.
But her story gets better. After hearing about the story,
the Iowa Farm Sanctuary offered to take her and give
her a forever home.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
There she was being hauled off to market. Yes, yes,
that's right, and now she's going to live. Yes, live,
dang it yah, And that's why it makes our smile
fould this morning.
This is a story about a brave little piglet in
Iowa that had a very happy ending. Animal rescuers and
Cedar Rapids say the little oinker, which has been named Peppa,
leapt from the back of a moving truck on the
highway in a desperate jump for freedom. She suffered a
few bumps and scrapes, but Cedar Rapids Animal Care treated
her and sat on a social media post that she's
(00:21):
doing well now. Pepa spent her first day of freedom
getting warm hugs from the staff there and eating grass.
But her story gets better. After hearing about the story,
the Iowa Farm Sanctuary offered to take her and give
her a forever home.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
There she was being hauled off to market. Yes, yes,
that's right, and now she's going to live. Yes, live,
dang it yah, And that's why it makes our smile
fould this morning.
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