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The Breed of Pig That Was Created To Be A Living Flag After A Country Had Theirs Banned
The Jutland Peninsula circumvented a 19th century law enacted by invaders with a neat trick of animal husbandry
It has been traditionally said that necessity is the mother of invention. Occasionally that has been taken to extremes, where other recourse may simply not be possible. This includes a 19th century war that led to the banning of a country’s flag in specific region, and in defiant response the people bred a new strain of pig that displayed the flag naturally on their coat of hair.
The Jutland Peninsula was in the midst of great conflict in the middle of the 19th century. Denmark and Prussia fought for years over setting borders and determining who the area belonged to. Starting in 1848, Denmark controlled the region, which was a preferred outcome for the majority of residents. Unfortunately, the Second Schleswig War occurred and control reverted back to Prussia.
Starting in the 1860s, Prussia sought to assert their dominion of the Jutland Peninsula, hoping to erase past Danish connections. One of their measures towards accomplishing that goal was banning all things Denmark, including their flag, which was a rather simple design of a red background with a white…
