James Cromwell Rescued A Real-Life Babe, A Piglet Who Saved Itself From Being Slaughtered
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Do you remember that one movie with the adorable talking pig and farm animals?
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Well, a real-life little piglet found its happy ending after falling off a truck on its way to becoming fattened for slaughter.
PETA told Variety that the abandoned piglet was found "scraped, bruised, and covered in mud" before being rescued during Easter weekend.
Then, the pig was introduced to an honorary director of PETA, who is none other than actor James Cromwell, the star of Babe (1995) and its sequel, Babe: Pig in the City (1998).
Babe was an Academy Award–nominated film — written by George Miller and directed by Chris Noonan — that was adapted from the Dick King-Smith 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig
In the movie, Cromwell starred as the lovable farmer Arthur Hoggett who wins an orphaned piglet named Babe from the county fair. After becoming the adopted piglet of a border collie, Babe becomes a remarkable sheep-herding pig.
Well, art imitated life this weekend when Cromwell (aka Arthur Hoggett) stepped in to help save this real-life abandoned piglet's life by working with PETA to transfer him to the Indraloka Animal Sanctuary — but the story gets even sweeter.
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The 83-year-old actor had the most adorable conversation when he met the piglet, saying, "Hello there, little man. I understand your name is Babe. I knew a pig named Babe. What a smart little pig she was — that you are too. I hear that you're a rather extraordinary pig besides being sleepy," he started.
This sweet little guy is NOT Easter dinner. He jumped off a transport truck and will now be traveling to an animal sanctuary to live a peaceful life. That’ll do pig. That’ll do. @peta
"So, you jumped off a truck so you wouldn't be somebody's Easter dinner. What a great thing to do. Nobody should have any animal for dinner. Invite the animals to dinner, that's what I say."
"So, we're going to go to a sanctuary and you're going to meet a lot of other incredible animals. I'm looking forward to meeting you and all the other animals. I'll see you there."
“Having had the privilege of witnessing and experiencing pigs’ intelligence and inquisitive personalities while filming, the movie Babe changed my life and my way of eating, and so I jumped at the chance to save this real-life Babe,” James said in a statement to Variety.
“Every pig deserves to live in peace and joy at a sanctuary, choosing when to frolic, where to forage, and how to spend their time, yet few do," James added.
And now, that's some good news to brighten your day.
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