UNION TWP., OHIO — Inside her community in Lebanon, Leah Lauchlan walked down a hill towards pigs. Two of her sons tossed a football in the street behind her. Her 3-year-old drank a juice box while riding on another child’s back.

“Watch out for the pig poop,” Lauchlan said.

A few years ago, these were just baby pigs. Now, they aren’t as cute. One of them barked when Lauchlan’s kids fed them.

Keith BieryGolick This pig at Aberlin Springs in Warren County has been socialized by some of the kids who live there. Eventually, it will be butchered for them to eat.

“Eventually, they’ll be in our freezer,” Lauchlan said. “So that’s kind of weird.”

At one time, it was her children's job to get them used to people.

The family was on their way back from the market at Aberlin Springs — a comm

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