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Greased pig competitions under attack!!!
Redleg
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All, this is ridiculous....Saw this on the vegan message board (I read it from time to time for comedy relief)
QuotePigs 'not source of amusement' - SPCA New Zealand Herald28.10.2001 3.45 pm The SPCA has dismissed as hogwash claims there's nothing wrong with chasing greased pigs around a pen for fun. It's calling for a ban on a competition, held at an annual wild game event in Katikati, where pigs are greased up with olive oil and chased by women and children around a 10 metre diameter circular pen. But the Katikati Pig Hunters and Deer Stalkers Club - which held its open annual hunting and fishing competition at Labour Weekend - has no intention of stopping the popular greased pig catching event. SPCA Wellington animal welfare manager Hans Kriek, who has extensive knowledge about pigs, said the competitions were extremely stressful for the pigs being chased. "The reason it's running that fast is because it's not enjoying it," Mr Kriek said. "It's animal abuse." The SPCA has been opposing greased pig catching competitions for years and had been successful in getting a lot of communities to understand it was not good stockmanship, and sent a bad message to children, Mr Kriek said. "It teaches kids that animals are there for us to use as we please." While the events were slowly disappearing, they were still held from time to time, especially in rural areas, he said. It was an offence to cause unnecessary stress to animals and people who held greased pig catching competitions could possibly be prosecuted. Realistically however, prosecution would not be easy because it was difficult to prove how stressed a pig was after an event, unless the SPCA saw it happening, Mr Kriek said. The SPCA also wanted rodeos banned and believed hunting with dogs should be illegal. Mr Kriek urged the Katikati Pig Hunters and Deer Stalkers Club to stop holding the greased pig catching event. "If they want to have some air of respectability of what they are doing scaring little pigs won't do it," Mr Kriek said. Katikati Pig Hunters and Deer Stalkers Club president Scott Stephenson said his club would not stop holding the greased pig catching event, unless there was a huge public outcry. Monday's greased pig catch was the second time the event had been held at the club's annual hunting and fishing competition. He believed the Captain Cooker pigs used, which were a wild breed raised in captivity, were not stressed and said none was harmed. About 250 people watched the competition, which children and women could enter, and nobody complained, he said. "I think it's just a small minority of people trying to ban hunting in general," Mr Stephenson said.
Crush your enemies, drive their horses before you, hear the lamentation of their women.--Genghis Khan
QuotePigs 'not source of amusement' - SPCA New Zealand Herald28.10.2001 3.45 pm The SPCA has dismissed as hogwash claims there's nothing wrong with chasing greased pigs around a pen for fun. It's calling for a ban on a competition, held at an annual wild game event in Katikati, where pigs are greased up with olive oil and chased by women and children around a 10 metre diameter circular pen. But the Katikati Pig Hunters and Deer Stalkers Club - which held its open annual hunting and fishing competition at Labour Weekend - has no intention of stopping the popular greased pig catching event. SPCA Wellington animal welfare manager Hans Kriek, who has extensive knowledge about pigs, said the competitions were extremely stressful for the pigs being chased. "The reason it's running that fast is because it's not enjoying it," Mr Kriek said. "It's animal abuse." The SPCA has been opposing greased pig catching competitions for years and had been successful in getting a lot of communities to understand it was not good stockmanship, and sent a bad message to children, Mr Kriek said. "It teaches kids that animals are there for us to use as we please." While the events were slowly disappearing, they were still held from time to time, especially in rural areas, he said. It was an offence to cause unnecessary stress to animals and people who held greased pig catching competitions could possibly be prosecuted. Realistically however, prosecution would not be easy because it was difficult to prove how stressed a pig was after an event, unless the SPCA saw it happening, Mr Kriek said. The SPCA also wanted rodeos banned and believed hunting with dogs should be illegal. Mr Kriek urged the Katikati Pig Hunters and Deer Stalkers Club to stop holding the greased pig catching event. "If they want to have some air of respectability of what they are doing scaring little pigs won't do it," Mr Kriek said. Katikati Pig Hunters and Deer Stalkers Club president Scott Stephenson said his club would not stop holding the greased pig catching event, unless there was a huge public outcry. Monday's greased pig catch was the second time the event had been held at the club's annual hunting and fishing competition. He believed the Captain Cooker pigs used, which were a wild breed raised in captivity, were not stressed and said none was harmed. About 250 people watched the competition, which children and women could enter, and nobody complained, he said. "I think it's just a small minority of people trying to ban hunting in general," Mr Stephenson said.
Crush your enemies, drive their horses before you, hear the lamentation of their women.--Genghis Khan
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"...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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