Nothing to see here, just some tattooed pigs (Picture: REX)

What the pork!?

Someone is really bringing home the bacon by selling hog skins covered in Disney tattoos for more than £50,000 a piece.

Are they gammon a laugh?

Okay, the hammy puns will stop now but seriously, while these pigs certainly look the biz, is it not a bit cruel?


With artist Wim Delvoye (Picture: REX)

Designer Wim Delvoye first began tattooing live pigs in the USA in 1997 before animal rights laws forced him to carry on his strange hobby in China.

While activists have slammed the activity, which pulls in a fortune for Delvoye, the artist insists that the pigs are looked after to the point of being spoiled.



Three tattooists work on the animals carefully at once, while they are fully anaesthetised and even given a massage throughout the procedure.

This pig doesn’t really want to be Part Of This World (Picture: REX)

Once the pigs reach the end of their lives, their skins are sold for around £50k a piece and some are even moulded into handbags.

The designs are primarily Disney, with Ariel the mermaid making several appearances on pig canvases, whilst other examples outside the animated franchise include a Louis Vitton logo.

Speaking to Mail Online, a PETA spokesperson condemned the activity, saying: ‘Pigs, cows and chickens are emotional, thinking animals who feel pain every bit as much as we do, and they value their lives.’

Part of the tattooing process that the pigs go through (Picture: REX)

And we must wholeheartedly concur that the last thing we will ever find ourselves doing is walking down the high street carrying a tattooed pig skin handbag.

Not cool.

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