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To: average joe who wrote (130)	1/9/1999 9:48:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 178

Hogs Slaughtered After Protests Saturday, 9 January 1999 L I T C H F I E L D , M I N N . (AP) A HOG hunt that was supposed to draw attention to low pork prices turned into a slaughter Saturday after animal rights activists objected. Pat Finnegan said he and other hog farmers originally had planned to let people hunt domestic pigs at a shooting range as a way of publicizing the plight of hog farmers. However, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested to local and state authorities, and Finnegan said Meeker County Sheriff Mike Hirman advised him that it was illegal to hunt domestic animals. So instead of the hunt, Finnegan said the farmers conducted a slaughtering operation, selling the butchered hogs for $100 each, less than consumers would pay for the meat at a store. Hog farmers across the nation have been getting as little as $20 a head for animals that cost them as much as $100 each to raise. A pig shoot planned in Iowa was canceled last month because of safety concerns after the organizer was swamped with responses from hunters.