WOODBRIDGE, CT (WFSB) – Animals have a means of reaching throughout the divide and bringing folks collectively.

There’s no higher instance of that than in Woodbridge, the place a singular remedy animal owned by an animal management officer makes her rounds.

“I got her when she was ten weeks old,” mentioned Jessica Moffo, Woodbridge Animal Control Officer, and Porkchop’s proprietor.

“People have therapy dogs all the time. At what point did you realize this pig had the chops?” Eyewitness News requested.

“She just loves to be with people,” mentioned Moffo.

A sight that’s laborious to withstand and one you received’t quickly neglect.

“She knows sit, stay,” Moffo mentioned.

Moffo is aware of her remedy pig Porkchop can deliver out the most effective in different folks.

“I would bring her out into the public and people would just flock to her,” mentioned Moffo.

She packs up her unforgettable pig and brings her to locations the place reminiscences aren’t assured.

“Dementia, it’s a hard disease,” Moffo mentioned.

Moffo was impressed to go to nursing houses after seeing firsthand how animals can deliver folks again.

“To see my grandma sort of come back to life,” mentioned Moffo. “She didn’t know what was going on she didn’t know who we were but when I brought the dog there she would mellow out. Seeing their smiles and the joy. they remember Porkchop so they know her and they wait for her.”

At the Willows Nursing Facility Porkchop will get to work, bringing out smiles and bringing again reminiscences.

“Fantastic really fantastic,” mentioned Leona Oakley, who lives on the Willows.

“Do you have any experience with pigs?” Eyewitness News requested.

“Yeah when my dad went up to his friend’s farms,” Leona mentioned. “I must have been what, 6 years old?”

An animal that brings out the truest model of a human being.

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