This pig - fluencer may not look like your distinctive positron emission tomography , but she loves just the same .

When Steve Jenkins adopted his favourite slob Esther , magnificently get laid asEsther the Wonder Pigon social media , he had no idea she would change his life always .

Esther ’s espousal story set out when a friend of Jenkins ' messaged him on Facebook asking if he was interested in take over a mini Sus scrofa . He did n’t know * quite * what they were in for when he agreed , but Jenkins bring in home Esther the next day .

Jenkins and his partner , Derek Walter , took her in and quickly became bond to the small pink piggy . When they take her to herfirst veterinary appointmenta few hebdomad by and by , they tell the vet what they knew about the sweetened little piggy — that she was a mini piggy bear to grow up to 70 pounds .

Turns out , there was n’t anything ' mini ' about Esther . Her vet told Jenkins that she likely came from a commercial farm and had the potential difference to grow up to 800 dog pound !

" [ The vet ] turned Esther around and showed me her little tail and he said , ' Nobody that cover pigs for darling would ever cut off a pig ’s tail , ' " Jenkins tells Daily Paws .

" At that point , we had her for a few calendar week . We had fallen in dear with her . We knew we were keeping her , " Jenkins says .

Jenkins and Walter knew they could n’t care for Esther at their base if she was go to grow into an animal thesize of a manly grizzly bear . So to keep up with their growing fuzz ( who now tips the scale at an impressive 595 pounds ) , the duet decide to move to a farm , where they could give Esther the space she needed and even adopt other animals in want of a abode . To do so , they originate a fundraiser — and it raised $ 440,000 in just 60 sidereal day .

Because of the fundraiser , the distich were able to startHappily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuarywith the mission of rescuing abused , overleap and abandoned farm animals . Jenkins tell Daily Paws the farm currently homes around 100 animals — pigs , volaille , goats , cows , horse , donkeys and even Inachis io — all with the purpose of giving them a better aliveness .

" We ’re trying to create a connection with animals that people do n’t usually get to know , " Jenkins tells Daily Paws . " It ’s throw a name and a face and a personality to these animals . "

Online , Esther does just that . As the face of the sanctuary and their mission , her Instagram account showcases her life as a pet pig — and how it ’s not all too different than one of a typical dog or cat . The angelical piggypatiently waits for table scraps to drop , happily take over the entire sofa , and evendresses in ridiculous costumesjust like the rest of our dogs .

With over 1.5 million Facebook followers , Jenkins hop Esther and her societal medium stardom inspire others to view all farm fauna in a different sparkle . " I feel like Esther is more human than any other animal I ’ve had the exclusive right of get to live … We’re just very lucky to be able to spend clip with her , " he say .