‘Babe’ actor James Cromwell saved a pig from slaughter and named it after the movie

James Cromwellwho saved the loving pig in “Baby(1995), just saved the real one and named it Babe.

The young animal was just being fattened for meat in preparation for slaughter when it fell off the truck. Diversity reported. Cromwell, Honorary Director PETAnow helping to transfer Babe to the Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in Pennsylvania.

“Having the honor of seeing and experiencing the intelligence and curiosity of pigs while filming, The Kid changed my life and the way I eat, and so I jumped at the chance to save this real Baby,” said Cromwell. out Friday.

PETA told Variety that the piglet was found this week “scratched, bruised and covered in mud.” before Cromwell was practically acquainted with the animal and decided to adopt. The actor played farmer Arthur Hoggett in “Baby” and its sequel. has been an animal rights activist for many years.

“Every pig deserves to live in peace and joy at the sanctuary, choosing when to frolic, where to feed and how to spend their time, but few do,” Cromwell told Variety.

PETA told the publication that the meat industry “slaughters 129 million pigs each year.” In addition, the animal rights organization added: “Their tails are cut off, their teeth are cut out with pliers, and the males are castrated – all without painkillers.”

Cromwell’s piglet will join countless other rescued animals in Pennsylvania at the nearly 100-acre Indraloka Animal Sanctuary. sanctuary guidelines are that “the earth itself and all life are sacred” and “we are all connected”.

While Cromwell saves a pig from being slaughtered, it’s an example of the art of living imitation, an effort similar to the film – reportedly all of the whopping 48 pigs used to film Baby were subsequently sent to farms to live out their lives in peace.

“Each pig was released with a signed document that (the people who received them) understood that these pigs were not meant for the table,” Carl Lewis Miller, whose Animal Action company trained the pigs for Baby, told The Chicago Tribune at the time..

Luckily for this particular little one, he will be joining the pigs, chickens, cows and alpacas in Indraloka.