Horrible death of a pig named Porkshop
December 9th, 2006 by admin
This week the Charlotte Sun-Herald published a column by Hardee County resident C J Mouser about the horrible end of a pig named Porkchop.
Mouser writes that Porkchop was one of two pigs purchased “for the express purpose of putting them in the freezer.” But when the time came, their efforts to load him into a trailer for the trip to a slaughterhouse ended in failure. We wish Porkshop’s story would have ended then, with Mouser having a change of heart. Unfortunately, they were determined to kill the animal. Mouser’s husband got a gun and, with their three kids watching, began to shoot the pig. After the first shot, “Porkchop squealed and shook his head like he’d been stung in the forehead by a particularly nasty bee. It took two more shots to accomplish the goal. . . . it seemed an eternity before the pig was finally still.”
After this horrible experience, it is not surprising that Mouser refused to see the dead animal as Porkchop. Mouser writes, “What I saw lying there was not Porkchop but meat.” The switch from “Porkchop” to “meat” is sudden and deliberate.
Mouser also writes, “Porkchop made the supreme sacrifice for our family.” Of course, Porkchop had no choice in his sacrifice.
She concludes that Porkchop lived a life that was much better than pigs raised on factory farms, and that’s undoubtedly true, but Porkchop would have preferred to continue with his life. ARFF believes that everyone can change, so we have mailed to Mouser and her family a Vegetarian Starter Kit. (Contact ARFF if you need literature to help convince friends and family of the benefits of a vegetarian/vegan diet.)