Joining Paris Hilton’s rather exotic and eccentric line-up of pampered pets late last year was a fine little piglet. Paris bought the animal from Patty Morrisroe, a pig breeder in Oregon. Paris named the pig Princess Piglette and began her pampering ways, right from feeding it only the best in pig-food and treating to soothing mud-spas and whatnot. But in spite of the star treatment given to the pig, activists at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), have voiced protests against the pig adoption, saying that she adopted pets based on her whims and fancies and not because she truly cared for them. They went to the extent of branding her a "wretched example to her young fans for treating her pets as though they're as disposable as her friends." However, it’s Patty who has come to her defence, stating, "As soon as we took the pig to Paris they bonded. It was an instant thing. There is no reason to believe that she is not caring for the pig!"

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