LuLu the heroic pig now known worldwide

The fame of LuLu and girth still growing

In 1998, a woman named JoAnn was pig-sitting Lulu for her daughter and the two developed a friendship. Everything was going fine when suddenly JoAnn suffered a major heart attack and fell to the ground unable to move and unable to get help. Knowing that her life was in danger, JoAnn called for help, but no one could hear her.

LuLu somehow also knew her friend’s life was in danger. She ran out of the house to find help.
She squeezed through the doggy door and somehow pushed open the gate. According to villagers, she then lay down in traffic.

Unable to find anyone to help, LuLu ran into the middle of the street and laid down, stopping traffic. Passersby paid no attention to the frantic pig, but LuLu refused to give up. She returned to the house several times to check on JoAnn but kept running out of the house to find help.

One nice man eventually stopped and followed LuLu to the trailer. Seeing the cuts LuLu had suffered on her stomach in squeezing through the small doggy door, the man yelled, “Lady, your pig is in distress.”
“I’m in distress, too,” came the reply. “Please call an ambulance.”

Jo Ann was flown to The Medical Center, Beaver, for open-heart surgery. Had 15 more minutes passed, doctors told her, she would have died.

JoAnn enjoys life every day thanks to the heroic acts of one loving pig.
LuLu was honored with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Trooper Award for bravery.
“I’m extremely lucky to be alive,” says Jo Ann. “Lulu saved my life”

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