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You are here: Home / Animals / What Happened to the Pig From the Movie Babe and Did the Pig Get Turned into Pork Chops?

What Happened to the Pig From the Movie Babe and Did the Pig Get Turned into Pork Chops?

March 15, 2020 by Karen Hill

To refresh your memory, Babe was a 1995 film that tells the story of a pig that wants to be a sheep dog.

babe the piglet

The film is based on the book The Sheep-Pig and filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia.

Babe was also a box office success, was very warmly received.

All forty-eight piglets used in the making of Babe were spared the slaughterhouse.

The producers have promised the public that the pigs were all given to universities, colleges, and farms with room enough for them to live out their natural lives in peace.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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