Vegan family who rescued a 'petrified' piglet 'Arlo' from slaughter risk losing ...

A vegan family who rescued a piglet from slaughter now risk losing their council house if they don't give him up.

Georgie Williams, 47, found Arlo the pig living in 'awful' conditions in a shed and paid the breeders to have him freed before he was be sold as meat.

But now the mother could lose her home in Crowborough, East Sussex, if she keeps the pig over a breach of the tenancy.

A vegan family who rescued a piglet from being taken to slaughter now risk having their council house taken away if they don't give him up

A vegan family who rescued a piglet from being taken to slaughter now risk having their council house taken away if they don't give him up

Arlo has transformed into a happy-go-lucky animal and loves playing football and cuddling up to the family in bed every night

 Arlo has transformed into a happy-go-lucky animal and loves playing football and cuddling up to the family in bed every night

After the neighbour complained, Clarion housing association on behalf of Wealden District Council said they have just a few weeks to get rid of the piglet.

The family now fear the Arlo could be shipped off to a slaughterhouse if taken from their home. 

Ms Williams says the 15-week-old piglet was 'petrified' when it first came to live with her and would cower in the corner staring at the wall, Metro reports.

She told the publication: 'If you came near he would run away and scream or flinch like you were going to beat him. We had to coax him into letting us stroke him.'

But now the Arlo has transformed into a happy-go-lucky animal and loves playing football and cuddling up to the family in bed every night.

Georgie Williams (pictured), 47, found Arlo the pig living in 'awful' conditions in a shed and paid the breeders to free him before he would be sold as meat

Georgie Williams (pictured), 47, found Arlo the pig living in 'awful' conditions in a shed and paid the breeders to free him before he would be sold as meat

Ms William, an animal activist, says the little pig is 'not emotionally stable' after being kept in 'awful conditions' in a shed

Ms William, an animal activist, says the little pig is 'not emotionally stable' after being kept in 'awful conditions' in a shed

The pig lives

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