article_snippet: RSPCA officers spent hours rescuing the animals from the 'worst conditions RSPCA officers had ever seen' Seven of Seven  pigs had to be put down after being rescued from the mud pit, while another was found to be suffering from a bad leg injury having been hit by a car but never taken to the vets by Forbes-Brown .
article_snippet: Another pig was found to be suffering from a bad leg injury after being hit by a car and never being taken to the vet.
article_snippet: Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector, said rescuers spent hours trying to free the pigs from mud after receiving reports Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector were living in squalor.
article_snippet: Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector said: 'These were the worst conditions I have ever had to work
article_snippet: I spent at least one hour holding one little piglet's head above The slurry as us desperately tried to get Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector out. '
article_snippet: Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector, said: 'These were the worst conditions I have ever had to work in - the pigs had just been left to literally drown in the mud.
article_snippet: The pigs which survived the ordeal have now been taken into care by another farmer who lives in the area . '
article_snippet: A lot of The pigs which survived the ordeal were in a very weak condition and A lot of the pigs could not have escaped, or survived, had A lot of the pigs been left.'
article_snippet: Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector said: 'This was a case of someone keeping pigs as a hobby, without realising how hard pigs are to look after. '
article_snippet: how hard pigs did not have water or food, and no vet had ever attended to make sure how hard pigs were cared for. '
article_snippet: The pigs which survived the ordeal the ordeal have now been taken into care by another farmer in the area.
highlights_snippet: pigs were put down, while other had leg injury after being hit by car .
  