Meet the Mangalitsa Pig: A Rare Wooly Breed That Looks Like a Sheep and Acts Like a Dog! [WATCH]

Meet the latest internet sensation, the Mangalitsa pig! These extraordinary and lovable pigs appear to be a pig/sheep hybrid! The fuzzy pig is an Hungarian breed that tragically faced extinction while its native land struggled under communism.

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Peter Toth, an animal geneticist made the vital decision to purchase the last known Mangalitsa pig in a last ditch attempts to save them from extinction!

These pigs are unique in more ways than just their looks. Their behaviour is just as extraordinary as their furry appearance.  The Mangalitsa pig is also known to be very friendly and acts like a dog! They even display behaviours such as playing with you and following you around!

There is a reason these pigs look the way they do. In the mid nineteenth century the Mangalitsa pig was developed by cross breeding Romanian breeds from Szalonta and Bakony with the Serbian Sumadija breed.

The lard that the Mangalitsa pig would produce was in high demand. But once the Austro-Hungarian empire coppiced then the demand for the lard dropped significantly.  One of the main reasons for this drop was not necessarily due to a lower demand, but also because of stricter policies and laws set by Hungarian communism.

Heath Putnam, Wilhelm W. Kohl and Mosefund Farms are some of the breeders in the U.S. that have only recently also started importing the Mangalitsa pig onto American soil.