Logan Paul's Pig Pearl Was Found Maimed, Sick, and Abandoned - Gizmodo

A pig erstwhile owned by the Viner turned YouTuber turned boxer turned cryptobro Logan Paul was discovered abandoned maimed successful a tract adjacent Santa Clarita, California earlier this week. Paul has present expressed gratitude toward Gentle Barn, the nonprofit that rescued the animal, whose sanction is Pearl.

Yesterday, the nonprofit Gentle Barn, an carnal sanctuary nonprofit with locations successful Tennessee, Missouri, and California, posted a video to TikTok explaining that the its unit recovered an injured pig named Pearl successful the mediate of a tract beside a dormant pig. Gentle Barn says that the pig’s ears were maimed and her uterus was infected, and that she had primitively been purchased by an influencer from a breeder and was, astatine immoderate aboriginal point, abandoned successful the tract wherever she was past recovered by Gentle Barn. Internet sleuths were speedy to retrieve a definite arguable influencer that purchased a pig that looked conscionable similar Pearl: Logan Paul.

“People often bargain ‘mini pigs’ oregon ‘teacup pigs’ for clout online, believing they volition enactment small,” Gentle Barn wrote successful the caption of the TikTok. “When they inevitably turn precise ample and person galore unexpected needs, they’re sadly discarded.” “Mini pigs” are a smaller breed of pig than those utilized successful nutrient production, but they inactive turn to beryllium rather large. Paul recovered this retired arsenic well.

According to Paul’s Twitter account, he purchased Pearl successful 2019. In a photograph of her posted February 2020, Pearl had ballooned successful size. While the Internet was speedy to constituent the digit astatine Paul—who has been facing atrocious PR implicit a dysfunctional cryptocurrency crippled helium created and promoted—TMZ reported that Paul is claiming helium is not liable for the injuries to Pearl portion thanking Gentle Barn for their work.

“It was conscionable brought to my attraction that a pig I owned astir 2 years ago, Pearl, was rescued and rehomed by your organization. With each ounce of gratitude I have, convey you,” Paul wrote successful an email to Gentle Barn. “It’s shocking and heartbreaking to perceive the authorities she was found. I wanted to scope retired personally and accidental convey you for taking her in.”

Paul explained that Pearl lived astatine Paul’s location successful Encino, California for astir 2 years until Paul moved to Puerto Rico successful April 2020. Pearl was incapable to determination with Paul, truthful helium rehomed her successful Santa Clarita for 10 months. Pearl was past rehomed a 2nd time, this clip crossed the thoroughfare aft the archetypal homeowner successful Santa Clarita moved. This is allegedly wherever Pearl was recovered by Gentle Barn.