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This will give me nightmares for several sleeps, I think. I do not like tiny little insects (they could insert themselves inside wee cavities like nostrils and eardrums and gestate ferociously) and I do not like giant animals (they are just plain scary.)
I cannot imagine what it must have been like for this 11-year-old boy who brought down a giant pig. And when I say giant, I mean an animal who is more than 7 times the size of me. And I am a giant, walloping woman.
Pre-teen Jamison Stone was out hunting with his Dad and two guides in Alabama earlier this month when he came across a "Monster Pig" He shot the animal 8 times and chased it for three hours before polishing it off with a point-blank shot.
Jamison's "prize" was so big that trees had to be cut and a backhoe brought in to drag out the massive carcass.
OK, I have to stop here because like I said, I giant animals scare me. But I feel kind of sorry for this monster pig guy. He was just rummaging around the forest, wasn't he? I hate bees but I won't kill one.
I read this article at first for shock value, because, what the hell does a 1000-pound wild pig look like? But then, I started to kind of feel bad for the pig, in the same way I feel bad for flailing salmon at the bottom of a fishing boat.I hope at least they eat Monsieur Pig and make use of his overly large life.
I cannot imagine what it must have been like for this 11-year-old boy who brought down a giant pig. And when I say giant, I mean an animal who is more than 7 times the size of me. And I am a giant, walloping woman.
Pre-teen Jamison Stone was out hunting with his Dad and two guides in Alabama earlier this month when he came across a "Monster Pig" He shot the animal 8 times and chased it for three hours before polishing it off with a point-blank shot.
Jamison's "prize" was so big that trees had to be cut and a backhoe brought in to drag out the massive carcass.
OK, I have to stop here because like I said, I giant animals scare me. But I feel kind of sorry for this monster pig guy. He was just rummaging around the forest, wasn't he? I hate bees but I won't kill one.
I read this article at first for shock value, because, what the hell does a 1000-pound wild pig look like? But then, I started to kind of feel bad for the pig, in the same way I feel bad for flailing salmon at the bottom of a fishing boat.I hope at least they eat Monsieur Pig and make use of his overly large life.
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5-26-2007 @ 4:12PM
M4Mommy said...the giant hog was being "kept" at a commercial hunting preserve. Meaning that it was there for the sole purpose of being hunted. The family is sending the dead pig to a renderer and they could possibly get 500 to 700lbs of sausage from it. The head is being sent to a taxidermist. To be mounted
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5-28-2007 @ 10:34PM
LUCIA du NOIR said...SEEING THE "MONSTER" SIZE OF THIS HOG (I ASSUME IT'S A HOG, MAYBE NOT) I AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE OTHERS OF THIS SPECIES WANDERING THE WOODS THERE IN ALABAMA. IF ANYONE KNOWS, LET ME KNOW. MY OLDER BROTHER ONCE HUNTED WILD BOAR IN ARKANSAS, YEARS AGO, AND HE DID IT ON HORSEBACK. THE HOGS HE BROUGHT HOME WERE NOWHERE NEAR THE SIZE OF THIS BIG PIG.
LUCIA
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6-01-2007 @ 6:23PM
Bear's Mom said...So...you sort of feel sorry for this "monster hog" but not all the way? True, he was foraging around the woods, very likely minding his own business when out of the blue, BAM! 8 painful GUNSHOTS get blasted into his limbs, belly, neck and rump. He runs, fearfully into the water to seek relief. He is in pain, confused, scared. He gets dizzy and his system begins to shut down. Endorphins kick in and he collapses. Still breathing and wincing in pain, a gleeful CHILD walks up to him and point blank puts a lucky bullet into his brain. It is over.
Wow, this intelligent (he's on the honor roll) child has sure learned something great about the ethics of kindness, compassion, sensitivity, nature and grace. He is not humbled by the idea of meat for his family, but by proud of his massive accomplishment - the "kill." Hunting is a blood sport and killing for pleasure is sick. It makes me angry people teach their children these things. Shame on them.
Regardless of the fact the pig was "kept" at a game ranch or "bred" and "raised" for this sort of thing. It was still a living, breathing, existing creature on this earth for a purpose.
Why should we stop there? Heck, let's start breeding children for child abusers and weak women for rapists! Fulfill all of man's evil desires in one swoop! There's an idea.
This article was a tasteless ploy as a media gimmick. I hope this young boy feels the ramification of his actions long after the hype wears off. And, when he finally leaves this earth and has to answer to the higher beings as to why he did what and to whom, I hope this gentle beast's soul stares him right in the eye.
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8-23-2007 @ 11:20AM
mcorbett36 said...good point... unfortunately if it was a bred pig. not that that take away from the kill. I have passion for what you wrote and to some extent I agree. It would have been ashame if the pig would have attacked the boy and killed him. Then we would hear of a killer beast in a breeding farm that must be put down. but if it was in the wild the story would be the same. It is shamefule to have these breeding grounds for sport. If this boy walked up in Costa Rica on a boar and it's piglets and the boar killed him would we say great job Mrs. Boar for protecting your offspring from this predator. Here is a picture of you and your prize kill.
Again good point
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7-14-2007 @ 11:37PM
pemeoff said...I truly wish that the bleeding hearts club of animal rights would stick to their true calling of abused animals. This animal could have been have been out in the wild and we would still have to hear the same crap, less "this animal was breed for this purpose". It doesn't matter what you feel is right, all animals were put on this earth as food and/or as a natural predator for the balance of nature.
Over population of any animal could and would be disastrous to the earth itself. If you have any question about the validity of my claims, just look up the effects of hogs introduced into areas where there are no natural predators or hunters, such as Australia. Please get back to to your true calling of wrongful abuse.
To the comment of breeding abusers and rape friendly women......what kind of sick bas....rd would even think of something like that. And you call yourself passionate???
On another sight tonight I saw a video clip of a confined feeding operation abusing its animals by not getting proper medical treatment for its animals....praise you. I am by no means condemning confined feeding. Again to the bleeding hearts, if it wasn't for these operations, with today's demand for meat products, e coli and many other diseases are in our water supply due to domestic animals in free range and to uncontrolled feces management.
If I'm wrong, someone with all the answers, tell me how to get my steaks and chops and not worry about how the water is polluted.
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