PETA is having a cow of Jessica Simpson’s plans to get a pig. Jessica’s dog, Daisy, 5, was snatched from the star’s backyard by a coyote in September. The dog was a gift from Simpson’s ex-husband Nick Lachey. Several months after losing her beloved Maltese Poodle to the wild animal, the star is thinking about getting another pet — this time a potbellied pig.
“I’m thinking about getting a pet pig. Does this mean I’ll have to give up pork?” she wrote on Twitter on Monday.
But that announcement isn’t winning Jess any rave reviews with the controversial animal rights group, which routinely harass the singer/actress over the use of fur and animal skin in her Jessica Simpson By Jessica Simpson line of fashion and accessories.
“Pigs, who are smarter than dogs and every bit as sensitive to pain and stress, don’t belong in Jessica’s stomach or carted around as her latest accessory,” the group said in response to Simpson’s Tweet.