Hey, kids, how'd you like to have a piggy bank made from an actual pig?
Well, now you can, courtesy of Vancouver, British Columbia, novelty retailer TheCheeky.com, which is offering authentic taxidermied piglet piggy banks for sale on its site.
And if you start saving now you might be able to afford one by the time you head off to college: the banks run a cool $4,000 each, with buyers required to put half the money up front.
It should be noted, though, that the steep price is because of high production costs. According to TheCheeky co-owner Colin Hart, it takes 12 months to fill an order. First, the company has to find a piglet that has died of natural causes. Then it must have the animal taxidermied, which takes about six months.
To date, the retailer hasn't actually sold a piglet bank, but Hart told AOL News that TheCheeky has received a huge amount of interest in the past week.
A large part of that interest stems from the outcry the bank created after it appeared in Vancouver magazine's 2010 Holiday gift guide published in early November. Animal activists quickly noticed and organized a call to action.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...aflutter-over-real-piglet-piggy-bank/19713155
Well, now you can, courtesy of Vancouver, British Columbia, novelty retailer TheCheeky.com, which is offering authentic taxidermied piglet piggy banks for sale on its site.
And if you start saving now you might be able to afford one by the time you head off to college: the banks run a cool $4,000 each, with buyers required to put half the money up front.
It should be noted, though, that the steep price is because of high production costs. According to TheCheeky co-owner Colin Hart, it takes 12 months to fill an order. First, the company has to find a piglet that has died of natural causes. Then it must have the animal taxidermied, which takes about six months.
To date, the retailer hasn't actually sold a piglet bank, but Hart told AOL News that TheCheeky has received a huge amount of interest in the past week.
A large part of that interest stems from the outcry the bank created after it appeared in Vancouver magazine's 2010 Holiday gift guide published in early November. Animal activists quickly noticed and organized a call to action.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...aflutter-over-real-piglet-piggy-bank/19713155
