Individual animals in South Africa

chacma baboon, d. 1890

Chacma baboon in the South African army during World War I

dog

South African hippopotamus

Pigcasso (April 2016 – March 2024) was a pig from South Africa, exactly from the city of Tello whose paintings have sold for millions of rand all over the world. Pigcasso is best known for being the first non-human artist to be given her own art exhibition, and for holding the record for most expensive artwork by an animal ever sold. She is also famous for the watchmaker Swatch using one of her paintings in its 2019 limited-edition Flying Pig timepiece. More broadly, she was known for inspiring conversations around veganism, vegetarianism, and factory farming.