Oliver The 300-Pound Pig Rescued From LA Wildfire Becomes Latest Meme Coin

By Anthony • January 9, 2025 3:21 pm • Comments

A 300-pound pig named Oliver, rescued from the deadly Los Angeles wildfires has become the latest meme coin on the Solana blockchain.

Oliver was rescued after his owner Ellen Marie Bennett, the founder of the kitchenware brand Hedley & Bennett, posted on Instagram pleading for someone to rescue Oliver as flames grew closer to her home in Pasadena, California.

Mr. Caplowe, the founder of the media company Good Worldwide, and Patty Rodriguez, a radio producer, took the rescue call and saved Oliver.

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Caplowe and Rodriguez sent Oliver to the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank.

Oliver is doing okay and has since received a cult-like following on the internet, including his own meme coin called “Fat pig rescued from LA Fire” (OLIVER).

Oliver currently has a $350,000 market cap and has hit a high of $2 million.

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Per The New York Times:

As wildfires blazed through Los Angeles on Wednesday, Ellen Marie Bennett shared a plea with her Instagram followers. Could someone, ideally someone with a spare trailer, help evacuate her roughly 300-pound potbellied pig?

“He is very heavy and very big so it’s not an easy task,” she wrote.

The problem — named Oliver — was a rotund 9-year-old boar covered in coarse bristles. Ms. Bennett, the founder of the kitchenware brand Hedley & Bennett, got him as 15-pound piglet in 2016; he has enjoyed snoozing and nibbling on peaches and strawberries ever since.

When the flames approached her home in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday night, Ms. Bennett and her husband, Casey Caplowe, loaded their two young children into the car and drove them to Glendale, away from the blaze. It was going to be much more difficult to relocate their unwieldy pet, whose weight Mr. Caplowe estimated to be closer to 200 pounds.

“That was among the top priorities,” Mr. Caplowe said: “How do we get Oliver out of there?”

Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate by wildfires that have swept through the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, claiming lives, destroying landmarks and razing residential areas. The fires have also imperiled animals, as owners flee to lodging that cannot always accommodate pets.

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