Have you ever seen a pig fly? Nope, but I’ve seen a cat, dog and donkey give it a good go…

Pink Floyd’s infamous Animals album cover featuring a pig shaped zeppelin floating over Battersea Power Station was recently replicated, much to the excitement of Pink Floyd fans/anyone who enjoys the sight of a flying pig. Unfortunately the original floating piggy, Algie, who managed to escape his tethering and take a lovely trip around the London skyline back in the 70s, was deemed not flight-worthy and so a replica had to be made. Fortunately no one decided that using a real live piggy would be an even better idea.

Not everyone is put off by lack of wings = lack of ability to fly, however. I mean just look a humans… we’ve been finding ways of getting around the ‘not built for flying’ biological issue for years. I myself didn’t let the fact that I couldn’t jump over the bar in long jump at school put me off hitting the skies, I’ve been in a plane several times now!

But just because human beings enjoy sitting in tin cans floating a mile above the ground powered only by oil, or even worse, jumping out of them (shudder), does that mean that those animals who share our natural inability to fly really care about it? These crazy owners seem to think they do!

Skydiving Cat!  

Now I don’t pretend to be a pet psychologist but I’m pretty sure kitty’s NOT enjoying being forced to jump out of a plane. Cats are such pussies (lol)

Skydiving Pug!

Everyone loves pugs because of their funny little faces but unfortunately because of Bugsy’s funny little face it’s harder to tell whether he’s having a good time or not. Personally I find the fact that his owner forces him to high-five everyone on the ground after the jump a tad patronising. He’s already sky-dived… is that not enough?

Parasailing Donkey

This is by far the most unsettling example of an animal in the sky…. Donkeys are just NOT meant to parasail. Imagine if you were trying to sunbathe on some beautiful beach, sangria and the latest ‘Richard and Judy book club’ bestseller in hand and you looked up and see a donkey parasailing… pretty horrifying right?

I think Anapka’s “distressed brays” are proof enough that just because something can fly when it has a bunch of crazy Russians strapping it to a parachute, doesn’t mean it should. But don’t worry donkey fans, apparently Anapka is currently living it up in a donkey sanctuary where she gets daily massages and filtered water… that’s more than some humans!

Words: Grace Evenhuis