1 / 4   A slaughterhouse-bound piglet's fate took a sharp turn when the young animal tumbled off a truck onto a St. Louis highway in Missouri, US. /VCG Photo

2 / 4   Pickles, the “miracle piglet” who was doomed to become bacon is now living it up on a rescue ranch. /VCG Photo

3 / 4   Saved just in the nick of time by a rescue ranch owner, she's found a safe place to recover and call home. /VCG Photo

4 / 4   Although suffering a broken leg and road rash from the fall, she is now healthy and growing by the day. She weighs roughly 300 pounds. /VCG Photo