About
Pannage
...refers to the commoners' right to graze their pigs in the New Forest. It takes place for sixty days each autumn when acorns have fallen. It serves a double-purpose as ponies and cattle can be poisoned by eating too many acorns.
References
Wikipedia on Pannage
New Forest National Park: Pigs in Pannage
See more on Common rights in the New Forest
Why pannage?
I use it to signify the liberty, within agreed constraints, to seek out knowledge and understanding. Pigs are mis-understood and I don't eat them. The New Forest is not new, much of it is not forest, and it's one of my favourite places.
Pigs @ Pannage in the New Forest
(c) Angus Willson
For a live PigCam see Saltash.net Community School livestock area (opens in a new window)
www.saltash.net/livestock/index.php?page=Pigcam
