Beautiful Pigs: Portraits of champion breeds

The book portrays 42 breeds of pigs, separated in 3 categories: historic breeds, champion breeds, and exotic breeds. Each portray is paired with a description explaining their features, use, related breed, size, origin and distribution. Unlike [b:Beautiful Sheep: Portraits of champion breeds 48614662 Beautiful Sheep Portraits of champion breeds (Beautiful Animals) Kathryn Dun https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1582790316l/48614662.SX50.jpg 73950968] from the same collection, the pigs do not look as healthy and well taken care of, especially the “exotic” breeds. The Blonde Mangalista has some horrible matted hair around her face all the way to her ear, which must be so painful to live with. The Red Mangalista has some ingrown tooth coming from her mouth that have not been shorten, and her coat look dry and skin unhealthy. The White Vietnamese Potbellied looks even more miserable, with short and sparse air, dry skin and a very long ingrown tooth. Poor pigs!I don't understand how those pigs with obvious sign of lack of care from their owner where photographed and showed in this book without anyone blinking an eye. The first part of the book includes a history of pigs, the development of breeds, how to best prepare for a show and how to care for pigs. The last part of the book is supposed to be a reportage, but it was just a low-quality collage in sepia and black and white of photos from a pig show. I was expecting some description, some interview or some funny anecdote. In this form, it didn't seem necessary or useful.Overall, I was very disappointed in this book and would not recommend it. Thank you NetGalley and Ivy Press for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.Read and reviewed: 2019-12-30