Mangalica Pig: Looks Like a Sheep, How Much Does One Cost, Distribution and Value

The Mangalica pig generally refers to the Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig. It looks like a sheep but is actually a pig, so it is also vividly called the “sheep pig.” So, how much does a Mangalica pig cost? Where is it distributed? What value does it have?

1. How much does a Mangalica pig cost?

The Mangalica pig currently has a market but no price. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, an animal called the “Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig” lived on the land of the then Austro-Hungarian Empire. In appearance it was both a sheep and yet more like a pig. The “Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig” was once called the “sheep pig,” and the price at that time was 1000 USD per head, 5 times more expensive than ordinary pigs. Afterwards, the “Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig” became a national treasure of Hungary and won a gold medal at the 1925 Budapest exhibition. Unfortunately, however, the “sheep pig” became extinct in the 1970s for various reasons, and since then its close relative the Mangalica pig has become even more precious.

2. Where is the Mangalica pig distributed?

The Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig originated in Hungary and Austria, and was introduced to the UK as a descendant of the extinct curly-coated pig. The Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig likes eating fruit and can sometimes even drink a little alcohol.

3. What value does it have?

The bristles of the Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig have the ability to keep bubbles from bursting underwater, so they are an ideal material for tying fishing flies.

Like sheep, the Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig is sheared once a year, and the shorn wool can be made into pig-wool sweaters.