James Cromwell, who rescued an adorable pig in “Babe” (1995), just rescued a real one and named it Babe.
The young animal was about to be fattened for its meat in preparation for slaughter when it fell off a truck, Variety reported. Cromwell, who is PETA’s honorary director, is now helping rehome Babe at the Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in Pennsylvania.
“After having the privilege of witnessing and experiencing the intelligence and curious personalities of pigs while filming, the movie ‘Babe’ changed my life and the way I eat, so I jumped at the opportunity to save this little girl from real life,” Cromwell. said. store on Friday.
PETA told Variety that the piglet was found “scraped, bruised and covered in mud” this week before Cromwell met the virtual pet and decided to adopt her. The actor played farmer Arthur Hoggett in “Babe” and its sequel, and has been an animal rights activist for years.
“Every pig deserves to live in peace and joy in a sanctuary, choosing when to fight, where to feed and how to spend their time, but few do,” Cromwell told Variety.
PETA told the media that the meat industry “slaughters 129 million pigs every year.” Furthermore, the animal rights organization added: “Their tails are clipped, the teeth are clipped and the males are neutered, all without painkillers.”
The Cromwellian piglet will join countless other Pennsylvania rescue animals at the nearly 100-acre Indraloka Animal Sanctuary. The guiding principles of the sanctuary are that “the earth itself and all life is sacred” and “we are all related.”
While Cromwell’s saving a pig from slaughter is an example of life imitating art, the effort is similar to film — as all 48 giant pigs used to film “Babe” were later sent to farms to live out life in peace.
“Each pig was released with a signed document that they (the people who received them) understood that these pigs were not intended for the table,” said Karl Lewis Miller, whose company Animal Action trained the pigs for “Babe “. At this point. .
Luckily for this little boy, he will be joining the pigs, chickens, cows and alpacas of Indraloka.
