Beautiful Pigs: Portraits of champion breeds

by Andy Case

Overview

Featuring commissioned studio photography of fine breeds styled from snout to tail, the animals showcased here just love to hog the limelight. Top breeds from around the world are represented—from the graceful Large Black to the aristocratic Tamworth and the much-traveled Kune-Kune—with graphic charts containing all the essential breed information. There’s also a potted history of pigs, plus reportage photography of the behind-the-scenes primping and preening at the agricultural shows, to capture the care that is lavished on prizewinning pigs and the nail-biting judging process.

This is a book to gladden the heart of pig-lovers the world over. Packed with breed information, Beautiful Pigs is a unique gift guaranteed to make every reader feel, well, as happy as a pig in muck.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782407782
Publisher:	Ivy Press
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Series:	Beautiful Animals Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Andy Case is one of Britain's most well respected pig breeders, and has many years' experience specializing in rare breed pigs such as the Kune Kune, Middle White, and Oxford Sandy and Black. He and his wife currently keep a 25-sow herd of Oxford Sandy and Blacks, and 7 Kune Kune sows in their farm in Dorset. Andy was also one of the first breeders to import rare Kune Kune pigs into the UK from New Zealand in 1996.

Andy Case is one of Britain’s most well respected pig breeders, specializing in rare breed pigs such as the Kunekune, Middle White, and Oxford Sandy and Black.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
HISTORIC BREEDS
CHAMPION BREEDS
EXOTIC BREEDS
REPORTAGE
Glossary
Shows & Associations
Acknowledgments
Index