🐷 Make an Ossabaw Island hog friend at the Kids' Farm! #LunarNewYear #YearOfThePig “Every morning, our Ossabaw Island hog sisters, Savannah and Carolina, run from their night house to a yard next to the barn. Before we let them out, we scatter vegetables—such as sweet potatoes, beets and green peppers—around their yard to encourage them to forage. We will also put puzzle feeders and other enrichment toys for them to play with and investigate.” —Nikki Maticic, animal keeper | Smithsonian’s Natio

A whale was caught on camera breaching the water on Tuesday afternoon about 10 miles off the north end of Ossabaw Island-->>bit.ly/2BB7dCt | WTOC-TV

If you are an Ossabaw Island Hog, does that mean you are always living on island time? Asking for a Zoey friend. #zoey #ossabawislandhogs #islandtime #lazyday #waterlover #relaxing #summer #labpig #pig #rescue #adoptdontshop #ctpr #pigsofinstagram #rescuepetsofinstagram | Central Texas Pig Rescue

Here are our little Ossabaw Island pigs. This is one of three pig breeds in America that are so rare they merit a 'Critical' designation from the Livestock Conservancy. (The other Critical breeds are the Mulefoot and Choctaw.) These are animals descended from stock brought to America by Spaniards more than 500 years ago. DNA tests show the pigs probably originated in the Canary Islands. For half a millennium they bred in isolation as feral herds on Ossabaw Island, a coastal barrier island near S

Mind if Maui and Pua the Ossabaw Island pigs hog your timeline for National Pig Day? We didn't think so! 🐷🐷 Both Maui and Pua are harnessed trained, allowing them to go on walks around the Zoo as a form of enrichment, and an awesome meet-and-greet opportunity for our guests! | Philadelphia Zoo

Ossabaw Island is only about 20 miles south of Savannah but it feels like a world away. Host Sharon Collins takes you on a journey throughout the skies, marshes, and more of Ossabaw on Georgia Outdoors airing tonight at 7 p.m. | Georgia Public Broadcasting