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Mobile butchers mistakenly kill family's pet pigs in Washington state [View all]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/11/mobile-butchers-mistakenly-kill-familys-pet-pigs-washington-stateMobile butchers mistakenly kill family’s pet pigs in Washington state
Porcine pals Patty and Betty were shot by butchers who said their GPS ‘screwed up’ when it pointed them to the wrong house
Lauren Aratani
Sat 11 May 2024 14.51 EDT
A family in Washington state says a mobile butcher mistakenly slaughtered their pet pigs recently after showing up to the wrong address.
Security camera footage showed an unknown truck pulling up to the home of the family in question when they were not there on 1 May. One of the employees of the family’s farm, who was sent to check on their home, informed them that someone had shot the pigs.
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The Grays said they reported the killings to the local sheriff’s office. An attorney for the family told the BBC that the “law treats Betty and Patty no differently than if they were golden retrievers or Norwegian forest cats”, and it is a serious crime to intentionally injure an animal without legal justification.
Some butcher companies offer mobile slaughtering services for farmers who don’t want to haul their animals to a larger facility.
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Porcine pals Patty and Betty were shot by butchers who said their GPS ‘screwed up’ when it pointed them to the wrong house
Lauren Aratani
Sat 11 May 2024 14.51 EDT
A family in Washington state says a mobile butcher mistakenly slaughtered their pet pigs recently after showing up to the wrong address.
Security camera footage showed an unknown truck pulling up to the home of the family in question when they were not there on 1 May. One of the employees of the family’s farm, who was sent to check on their home, informed them that someone had shot the pigs.
[...]
The Grays said they reported the killings to the local sheriff’s office. An attorney for the family told the BBC that the “law treats Betty and Patty no differently than if they were golden retrievers or Norwegian forest cats”, and it is a serious crime to intentionally injure an animal without legal justification.
Some butcher companies offer mobile slaughtering services for farmers who don’t want to haul their animals to a larger facility.
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