A piglet being transported to a feeding lot, where he would've been fattened up for the slaughterhouse, fell off the truck that was carrying him and ended up at a Missouri-based rescue instead. Animal advocates say it's not uncommon.

Somewhere on Highway 10 near Lawrence, a motorist recently noticed a small pig on the side of the road. She stopped, scooped him up and delivered him to the Lawrence Humane Society.

The piglet was suffering from road rash and other bumps and bruises, so he was transferred to a farm operated by the Kansas City Pig Rescue Network.

Kayli Houk cofounded the rescue, which cares for about 40 abandoned pigs on a farm approximately 30 miles south of Kansas City. She named the piglet Gilbert.

Gilbert was likely on his way to a feedlot where he would have been fatte

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