This article is written by someone from Ireland who keeps pigs as both pets and as a food source. The first sentence says it all: “The best thing about keeping pigs is, of course, the pork, but the companionship runs the meat a pretty close second”. You can read the rest of the sentences here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/. . . /The-joy-of-pigs.html
                                    
A lively debate among readers can be found below the article.