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Speak Out Against Pig Torture at Wyoming Fair!

Pigs are highly sensitive animals who, just like our animal companions, are capable of experiencing great suffering and deserve respectful treatment. However, next July, the Teton County Fair in Jackson, Wyoming, apparently plans to again host “pig wrestling” during which young pigs will be frantically chased, grabbed at, tackled, and then slammed into overturned barrels—all amidst screaming crowds. Pigs terrorized during these sadistic events do not just suffer psychologically, but are at risk of sustaining injuries as well as experiencing stress-induced heart failure. Your voice is needed!

Girls prepare to dump pig into a barrel at pig wrestling event
Participants prepare to dump a pig into a barrel at a pig-wrestling event.

Please join PETA in urging the Teton County Fair Board of Commissioners to cancel all “pig wrestling” then forward this alert to everyone you know.

Please call and send polite comments to the following individuals:

The Honorable Mark Newcomb, Chair, Teton County Board of Commissioners
[email protected]
307-732-8407

The Honorable Wes Gardner, Vice-Chair, Teton County Board of Commissioners
[email protected]
307-690-4209

The Honorable Luther Propst, Teton County Board of Commissioners
[email protected]
307-732-6405

The Honorable Natalia Macker, Teton County Board of Commissioners
[email protected]
307-732-8406

The Honorable Len Carlman, Teton County Board of Commissioners
[email protected]
307-732-8404

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