Some Argentines turn to unusual pandemic pets for comfort – Montana Standard

Luciana Benetti, 16, embraces her pet pig Chanchi at house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. Benetti found her plans for An monumental conventional Fifteenth Birthday celebration scrapped As a Outcome of of COVID-19 pandemic final yr. Instead, her mom and father gave her a pig, which turned out to be a loyal and loving companion. (AP Photograph/Natacha Pisarenko)