Dispute over tenancy of land means more than 50 pigs face eviction from farm

Having been their home for two years, farm business Kew Little Pigs must leave Stampwell Farm
Having been their home for two years, farm business Kew Little Pigs must leave Stampwell Farm

A dispute over the tenancy of land has meant that more than 50 pigs, goats and chickens face eviction.

Having been their home for two years, farm business Kew Little Pigs must leave Stampwell Farm in Buckinghamshire on Friday (February 24)

Olivia Mikhail, owner of the micropig breeding farm, has rented the land from Latimer Minster Church of England since 2014.

But the church says Miss Mikhail has breached the terms of her tenancy agreement and must go - a claim she denies.

Now Miss Mikhail, 35, faces a battle to rehome her animals but is adamant she wants to stay and that she has done nothing wrong.

She told GetBucks: "Our pigs are going to be evicted with nowhere to go. It's an awful thing."

Last year the two parties entered into discussions to renew the lease after it expired in June.

But the church said that Miss Mikhail was not using the land for agricultural purposes as was previously agreed and in November gave Kew Little Pigs three months to find a new home.