Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
While not exactly “this little piggy went to market”, Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, delighted children and adults while confounding dogs with their owners at Salem Saturday Market.
Weighing in at 170 pounds, Oscar made himself at home at the market. He was particularly attentive to cleaning up any dropped carmel corn.
Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.
