{"id":473458,"date":"2026-09-23T21:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473458\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:24:12","slug":"oh-honey-100-pound-pig-in-pasadena-finds-new-home-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473458\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Honey! 100-pound pig in Pasadena finds new home \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 100-pound pig found a new home just minutes after it was announced on social media Wednesday that the animal is available for adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Honey the pig was admitted to Pasadena Humane when her initial owner became unable to care for her, the organization said, saying the animal is &#8220;as sweet as her name.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This adorable pig is so friendly and comes right up to the front of her kennel to greet new people. We absolutely love her,&#8221;\u00a0Pasadena Humane said on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Honey&#8217;s story and pictures circulated online, someone reached out to Pasadena Humane and said he or she can adopt the pig, the nonprofit confirmed to NBCLA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/split-2-diagonal-1200x675-54.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Pasadena Humane<\/p>\n<p>Like dogs and cats, pigs need veterinary care as well as right nutrition, enrichment and space, according to Pasadena Humane. <\/p>\n<p>Some cities of Southern California allow pet owners to raise pigs while other don&#8217;t. For example, South Pasadena, Monrovia, Sierra Madre and Bradbury residents are allow to have pigs, but those in the cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena, Arcadia, Glendale and La Ca\u00f1ada-Flintridge are prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pigs are smart, social, and can make wonderful pets,&#8221; Pasadena Humane said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 100-pound pig found a new home just minutes after it was announced on social media Wednesday that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[713,26560,48,52,51,47,50,49,4822],"class_list":["post-473458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-animals-and-wildlife","tag-clear-the-shelters","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-pets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}