Endangered pygmy hogs released into wild - Telegraph

Endangered pygmy hogs released into wild - Telegraph: "Numbers of a critically endangered species of wild pig are to be boosted following the success of a captive breeding programme.

Pygmy hog
The pygmy hog is the world's smallest pig

Three small families of the pygmy hog will be released back into wild grasslands in Assam in north east India.

The 16 animals are the result of the only captive population of the species in the world.

The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is the world's smallest pig standing about 25-30 cm from the ground, and was once common across India, Nepal, and Bhutan but by the 1960s was thought to be extinct."