[RedMonqey]

Even if you eat meat and that is your primary take out of this episode there are such things as property laws.

That's why I added "Guy who "sheltered the sow may be in trouble, according to local laws"

I'll also add that if you say you're going to do something with the understanding that you will do it, you should do it. A man is only as good as his word.

But I don't hold the mere fact of "slaughtering" the creature against him.

He accepted taking care of the creature with the understanding the owners may be looking for it. "Hours" doesn't sound like he intended to "shelter" the critter, besides his larder.

We had a pot bellied pig dropped on us because the owners didn't want it anymore(we're on a farm with highway access) We waited for about three months for any one to come claim it. None came and Mom was tired of it destroying her garden and flowers beds. So Dad shot it.

[Notthereyet]

“I’ll also add that if you say you’re going to do something with the understanding that you will do it, you should do it. A man is only as good as his word.”
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The original article said it only took an hour for the owner to be found (owner was frantically looking!). By the end of that said hour the owner and deputy showed up and the pig was ALREADY being slaughtered.

No Way In Hell Was That Butcher Going To Watch That Pig.

Still, cannot comprehend the ignorance of some FReepers.

Remember, FReepers, there are now peoples in this country who would gladly eat your pet, be it dog, cat, goat, horse, fish in tank/pond. Hades. There are folks in this country who would use the bone/muscle/ashes of ALBINO HUMANS in different acts of sacrifice/’medicine’ if they could get away with it because to ‘them,’ ALBINO HUMANS are simply NOT humans.

It’s a very freaking slippery slope....

And don’t bother saying it’ll never happen here.

POST BIRTH ABORTION (infanticide) could never happen here, either, could it????