About 130 million pigs are slaughtered annually in the United States. But each year, a relatively small number of them—perhaps dozens—manage to cheat death by jumping off the trucks transporting them to a feedlot or slaughterhouse. Among animal welfare groups, these lucky pigs are known as "jumpers." KPR's Matthew Algeo reports on one "jumper" recently found along a highway in eastern Kansas.
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