According to traditional Jewish law, the pig is unclean basically because it has cloven hooves, like a cow, but does not chew its cud; the specifically allowed animals are all cloven hooved ruminants.
Well, a couple of years ago, they discovered a new form of pig that departs from the normal pig-type-- to wit, it has a single, non-cloven hoof. Unfortunately, this is the wrong element of the rule to switch on. Having a solid hoof and not chewing its cud just makes it even more unclean. However, I see this as a sign of hope-- clearly, the forces of God or evolution or man (it's unclear whether the mulefoot pig was deliberately bred or not) are trying to bring the gift of bacon to all mankind. A noble goal, to be sure.
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