St. Patrick Parish Pig Wrestling Event Cancelled
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org
FROM
SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)
June 2016
Our combined efforts to expose the cruelty of pig wrestling had an important educational component which worked, and we are very pleased to announce that the pig wrestling event that was going to happen in just two weeks has been cancelled!
A terrified pig squealing wildly while being abused. This animal's
leg was injured.
In August of 2014, SHARK sent a full team of investigators to film a horrendous pig wrestling event that was sponsored by the St. Patrick Parish in Stephensville, Wisconsin. The cruelty was abominable and our video went viral, being viewed more than 136,000 times. Working with our local partners, the Global Conservation Group, we fought hard to convince the church to not allow another pig wrestling event.
We held press conferences in WI, released a number of videos exposing both the cruelty and disgusting behavior of the participants and even filed a lawsuit for violating WI anti-cruelty law. In April of 2015 we received the very welcome news that no longer would the parish hold pig wrestling events!
That was a major victory for the cruelty had been going on for decades.
When news broke that the Stoughton Fair was planning on having a pig wrestling event, we went right back into action.
Our combined efforts to expose the cruelty of pig wrestling had an important educational component which worked, and we are very pleased to announce that the pig wrestling event that was going to happen in just two weeks has been cancelled!
From WKOW ABC:
Stoughton's Fair Board has decided to accept a deal from the City of Stoughton offering $6,000 in exchange for pulling the plug on the popular main attraction pig wrestling.
On June 15, 2016, the Stoughton City Council passed a motion stating that, if the Stoughton Fair cancels its pig wrestling event for 2016, then the City will make a $6,000 donation to the Stoughton Fair. The City Council also threatened to pass a new ordinance in the next two weeks banning pig wrestling if the Fair Board rejected their proposal.
We want to thank the Stoughton City Council for caring about this issue!
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