1. But as the year draws to a close, the museum's staff are getting increasingly worried about the pig's diet and temper.
2. There are just a few days away from Chinese traditional lunar New Year, which is the Year of the Pig and falls on February 18.
3. Edible oil and grain saw price rises starting early this year, which naturally led to rising prices in pig feed.
4. Zhou forecast that pork prices may plunge after spring next year if farmers boost pig inventories " excessively " because profits are currently high.
5. The crisis will get worse before it gets better as the cycle of pig farming takes about half a year.
6. Wang said 2006 was a very good year for the wedding service industry because of superstitions about golden pig babies.
7. Gross pig iron ore output will reach 654 million tons, about 26 million tons more than last year.
8. Some pet stores cashed in on the Pig Year and sold specially bred miniature pigs.
9. The company prepared 30 tons of pig knuckle in sauce this year, 20 percent more than last year.
10. There'll be a meteor shower on New Year's Eve, and there'll be a flying pig streaking across the sky.