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Louise Randell

Inside Paul O'Grady's Kent farm with sunbathing pigs, goats and adorable dogs

Animal-lover Paul O'Grady has filled his farm in Kent with a menagerie of pets including five pet pigs, goats and his adorable dogs.

The telly favourite, 65, has six pigs that are New Zealand Kunekunes - a name that means "fat and round" in Maori.

He recently shared a picture of them all lying down enjoying the sunshine.

Paul wrote: "My pigs. They’ve been out all day down the field and now they’re enjoying the evening sun.

"There’s another pig but she’s gone to bed early probably to make sure she gets a decent spec in their shed.

(paulogrady/Instagram)

"They’re New Zealand Kunekune pigs and very smart but you can hear their snorting for miles."

He also shared a video of one of the pigs, named Tom, showing how he obeys a command to sit just like a dog and gets treats in return.

As well as pigs, Paul also has two goats, one of whom is named Maleficent.

Paul with his goat Maleficent (paulogrady/Instagram)
Arfur takes a well-earned rest sitting on his owner's head (paulogrady/Instagram)

Paul also has four dogs, Nancy, Arfur, Conchita and Eddie, who he describes as a "tyrant and a despot who rules supreme".

Earlier this year he joked that Conchita is a "wolf in Maltese clothing" after she threw a dead rabbit head on his bed in the middle of the night.

He wrote: "You see this picture of innocence... Well this is Conchita and she’s a classic case of not judging a book by its cover.

Paul's mini 'tyrant' Eddie (paulogrady/Instagram)
Paul is also a doggie dad to little Nancy (paulogrady/Instagram)

"She a wolf in Maltese clothing as yesterday Arfur was playing with a headless baby rabbit (dead, naturally) and then at 3 am Conchita, threw the remains of dead baby rabbits head up all over my bed.

"This was followed by Nancy waking me up at 6am as she wanted to 'play'. If I get anymore pets then it’ll be a goldfish."

Paul is a passionate animal rights advocate and has hosted Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs, based at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, since 2012.

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