China scene: North

These little half-piggies will go to market

Two sows in a village near Zhuanghe, a city in Liaoning province, gave birth to 17 piglets after mating with boars.

"After seeing two big boars around our village last year, I left my sow outside the courtyard at night so it could mate with one of them. I also left food out there because I knew that the boars were looking for something to eat," Liu, one of the sow owners, said.