{"id":15637,"date":"2024-08-23T00:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T22:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/pigs-sipping-white-claw-and-cows-in-the-kitchen-should-we-be-worried-about-offbeat-pets-going-tiktok-viral\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T00:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T22:37:21","slug":"pigs-sipping-white-claw-and-cows-in-the-kitchen-should-we-be-worried-about-offbeat-pets-going-tiktok-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/pigs-sipping-white-claw-and-cows-in-the-kitchen-should-we-be-worried-about-offbeat-pets-going-tiktok-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigs sipping White Claw and cows in the kitchen: should we be worried about offbeat pets going TikTok viral?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Non-traditional pets get millions of online views. But the rising trend poses questions about animal welfare<\/p>\n<p>In a quiet neighborhood in California\u2019s capital, residents have gotten used to the screaming temper tantrums of a two-year-old. \u201cNo, Merlin!\u201d they\u2019ll hear his mother shout whenever he\u2019s had enough of his favorite snack. \u201cNo more ice cubes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t had any complaints from the neighbors yet,\u201d says Mia Alali, the mother in question. That might be because Merlin is just about the cutest two-year-old in California. He also happens to be a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/22\/tiktok-famous-pets-animal-welfare\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e13add9b3ad4dec738629d5ce7caf3d3f4aa4dc4\/0_0_1500_900\/master\/1500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2dabc3c93ef0a092c4e3e406c57aa73d\" title=\"Pigs sipping White Claw and cows in the kitchen: should we be worried about offbeat pets going TikTok viral?\" \/>Non-traditional pets get millions of online views. But the rising trend poses questions about animal welfare<br \/>\nIn a quiet neighborhood in California\u2019s capital, residents have gotten used to the screaming temper tantrums of a two-year-old. \u201cNo, Merlin!\u201d they\u2019ll hear his mother shout whenever he\u2019s had enough of his favorite snack. \u201cNo more ice cubes!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe haven\u2019t had any complaints from the neighbors yet,\u201d says Mia Alali, the mother in question. That might be because Merlin is just about the cutest two-year-old in California. He also happens to be a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-traditional pets get millions of online views. But the rising trend poses questions about animal welfare In a quiet neighborhood in California\u2019s capital, residents have gotten used to the screaming temper tantrums of a two-year-old. \u201cNo, Merlin!\u201d they\u2019ll hear his mother shout whenever he\u2019s had enough of his favorite snack. \u201cNo more ice cubes!\u201d \u201cWe &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/pigs-sipping-white-claw-and-cows-in-the-kitchen-should-we-be-worried-about-offbeat-pets-going-tiktok-viral\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pigs sipping White Claw and cows in the kitchen: should we be worried about offbeat pets going TikTok viral?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15637"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}