Bureaucracy could be death of famous porker

Esther the Wonder Pig’s two dads have a new crusade to make all companion animals equal in the eyes to the government. The social media darling who is Esther – and has 1.4 million followers on Facebook – recently had been diagnosed with cancer and late last month had an operation to remove a breast tumour.She may need further treatment such as chemotherapy but bureaucracy could be the death of Esther.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency doesn’t consider her a companion animal, but a pig which is or potentially could become part of the food chain and is therefore denied a whole host of life-saving drugs or treatments.Dads Steve Jenkins and Derek Walker are going to petition the government to recognize Esther and others in her situation as a companion animal and entitled to the veterinary care offered to any pet cat or dog.