I love vietnamese pot-bellied pigs. They're so cute!
They are just adorable, but sadly, they are endangered traditional Vietnamese small pig breed.
Really? I had no idea. Any particular reason why?
I'm not sure, but I think it is because they are reared for the meat so often.
Ah, they are used for food. That makes sense. But, wen I think of pot-bellied pigs, I think pets.
I do too! That's why its so sad to me that they are endangered. They were actually the most numerous pig breed up until the 1970's. 
Wow, that seems like such a short amount of time for a species to become endangered. That is sad!
It is tragic. They actually started a conservation program, providing subsidies to farmers who reared these pigs, but they found the only thing this did was increase inbreeding.
That's terrible, and definitely not conducive to creating a thriving species.
Vietnamese Pot-bellied
Vietnamese Pot-bellied is the exonym for the Lon I () or I pig, an endangered traditional Vietnamese breed of small domestic pig.
The I is uniformly black and has short legs and a low-hanging belly, from which the name derives.The I is reared for meat. It is slow-growing, but the meat has good flavour. The I was depicted in the traditional Đông Hồ paintings of Bắc Ninh province as a symbol of happiness, satiety and wealth.
were beaten 5–1 by the Australians and only just managed to keep their heads above water against the Indians just a short time ago as well. Sure, they've got a couple of fast bowlers, but really I don't think we're going to run into anything more sensational than Thomson and Lillee and so really I'm not all that worried about them. You must remember that the West Indians, these guys, if they get on top are magnificent cricketers. But if they're down, they grovel, and I