A huge thank you to ReedPop, Twitch, and New York Comic Con, for kicking off NYCC with interviewing Piggy! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/179887224 We loved every moment, and Piggy took the fame in stride. This year’s NYCC was our most successful event ever, where we premiered Piggy’s three-legged plush toy! Watch the interview and enjoy Piggy’s story! 
Julie Henry and Tod Emko present the Saving Wild Sumatra project and teaser trailer to an audience of around 200 people, on August 6, in Washington, DC. The new year-long Piggy environmental education curriculum is a fundamental part of this new program to save Sumatra! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v0yVtvVEN0 We speak about our local partners we met who drive the project, like the Bukit Lawang Charitable Trust, the Bukit Lawang Ecolodge & Ecoproject, Universitas Tjut Nyak Dhien, among many others. Presentation filmed…
Darwin Animal Doctors is teaching Piggy’s humane education curriculum to schools throughout Koh Tao, Thailand. Teaching young people in a remote part of the world is always eye opening. Empathy and love are universal to humanity, and it’s always inspiring seeing children driven to create a compassionate future for everyone! DAD is taking Piggy’s program to all the schools of Koh Tao! The kids used new activity coloring books, made by Michelle Green with Ethan Young’s Piggy art. Art,…
Perhaps Piggy’s biggest idol in life is Zoe Weil, founder of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). We were greatly inspired to start our own program thanks to the IHE’s wonderful work! So Piggy was extremely honored to be interviewed by the IHE about his humane education curriculum spreading around the world! https://humaneeducation.org/blog/2017/saving-animals-empowering-people-humane-education-interview-tod-emko/ 
Piggy was honored to be the ring-bearer to David Michael, and Jenny Li, two of his dearest friends! Both David and Jenny are lifelong and awesome activists, and they incidentally both had the idea to make Piggy the ring bearer, just hours apart! Piggy made sure to give them his best smile for the happy couple. The always wonderful Dodo covered the story: https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/dog-ring-bearer-wedding Photos by Emily Main Photography/Alhy Berry Photography