A Cuban farmer has spared a young pig's life after seeing it being suckled by a cow.

Ermelino Rojas, from Calixto Garcia, was fattening the pig up for his family's Christmas dinner.

But he said that he could not kill the animal after seeing it with its new mother.

Mr Rojas said: "The cow was giving less milk and the pig was getting fatter by the day, so I decided to investigate and saw the moving scene.

"I was going to cook him for Christmas dinner but after all that I couldn't do it."