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Dutch farmer saves Germany's last socialist pigs

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Axel Rowohlt
November 16, 2023

A Dutch farmer has rescued pedigree pigs from the former East Germany from the brink of extinction. As the Leicoma pigs are not suited to modern factory farms, the farmer is likely the only person breeding these animals today.

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