Terrified Pigs Squeal at Church’s Annual Pig Wrestling Fundraiser; Activists Protest

Activists in Wisconsin protested St. Patrick Parish’s 44th annual pig wrestling match in Wisconsin during which the animals are “punched in the face, kicked, body-slammed, jumped on, yelled at and thrown into a bucket,” according to the Global Conservation Group of Watertown, which collected 60,000 signatures on a petition that describes the event as animal fighting.  The video footage shows pigs squealing as they are being held down after being chased around a muddy ring. Ken Bilgrien, a deacon at St. Patrick said, “It’s strictly fun.”

How can hundreds of people pay money to watch helpless pigs squeal in terror as they are wrestled to the ground — at a church fundraiser, no less?  Shouldn’t these Christians intervene to stop the abuse when they hear the pigs cry out? Let’s help put a stop to this by signing the Change.org petition and contacting the church that produces this abusive event.