Comments on: Stranded Pigs Shot To Save Iowa Levees

Nearly A Dozen Pigs Escaped Farm For Higher Ground, But Became Stuck On Sandbags

[superocean1]

The same yokels who shot the pigs are from the same gene pool that build farms too close to a big river. The river is doing what rivers always do and the pigs were fighting to get to safety.
When will stupid people realize that they should not build in flood prone areas or in Calif wildernesses that get big fires each year.
I feel sorry for the innocent pigs.

[minnick8-2009]

Flamethrowers. One word. Don''''t forget it.

Posted by FeelFreee4U

There were flame throwers out in the middle of the flood area where the pigs were shot?

[slim1h2o]

This is global warming....expect more....

Posted by nrgmizer at 11:40 AM : Jun 19, 2008

More? More what? Snow storms in July? Rain storms/Hurricanes in the wintertime? 80 degrees in the wintertime? Is that your global warming?

Sounds more like climate "change" to me.

But lets spend trillions on the warming aspect anyways. It''ll make us feel better.

[dsr57]

Posted by DSR57 at 11:19 AM : Jun 19, 2008

Shot as I don''''t see anyway to handle hogs this big.
Working in and around water and sand bags,etc. a lot of sand bags would have gotten cut, torn, etc. You could have shot them with a tranquilizer gun, but what would you have done with them after that? Bring in a Helicopter to airlift them out? That would have cost more than the hogs were worth?!

No reflection on City people but they should just keep quite when something comes up. The people in Iowa have lost everything they have and law enforcement is working to the limit to try and keep order and help anyone and everyone in this very bad ordeal. The farmer that has lost his hogs has lost his income.


Posted by hbevis
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Then why did you add me to that list of people?? I was saying they should have been shot also??

[minnick8-2009]

When and where is the BBQ?

Posted by Hwy71So

I know you are being sarcastic, but the BBQ is right after you go to the store and buy properly preserved meats. Sorry, but pigs left as road kill in a flood will make good pickings for the buzzards.

[shanev137]

So when are all the naked girls from PETA going to show up and protest?

[splintershop]

what I want to know is if the meat was put to good use, such as feeding the families that were victimized by the flooding and are unable to provide for their children,or thrown away.I think if this happened it will be justified.

[feelfreee4u]

The problem wasn''t that we killed the pigs, it''s was HOW we did it. You see, if you just shoot these fat things, they fall down in the river and rot in the sun and pollute the river. That''s why for years I always advocate flamethrowers for this job. With the flamethrower, the pig is flash-roasted, on the spot, all the way to the core. No viruses or bacteria to pollute the river. No meat spoilage at all. The rampaging pig is instantly stopped in his tracks, and is ready to be eaten by all the workers and civilians nearby. This method has been done many times before (Moline 1967, Ocala 1982, Tacoma 1993, Calgary 1999, more), and every time it has been a great success. Flamethrowers. One word. Don''t forget it.

[reedtaz73]

I thought I would read a story on crooked cops after clicking this link.

[bot5plus]

What about the fat obese pigs waddling around putting the sand bags on top of each other. Should have shot them to?

[hbevis]

Reading the the several post from all of you PETA leaning people, you all have no idea what it takes to handle a farm animal of any size. The hogs would have done lots of damage to the levy, period. There is no telling how many holes were poked in the sand bags before they were shot.

CAN''T YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE IN "IOWA" ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD? SO WHAT IF THE LAW HAD TO KILL A FEW HOGS!!!!!!!!

[slim1h2o]

When and where is the BBQ?

Posted by Hwy71So at 11:21 AM : Jun 19, 2008

Right now, and apparently in Kingston Iowa.

Don''t forget the beer and slaw. Hushpuppies would be nice, but not required.

[navyjimfl]

PETA needs to sue over this outrage

[hbevis]

Posted by DSR57 at 11:19 AM : Jun 19, 2008

Shot as I don''t see anyway to handle hogs this big.
Working in and around water and sand bags,etc. a lot of sand bags would have gotten cut, torn, etc. You could have shot them with a tranquilizer gun, but what would you have done with them after that? Bring in a Helicopter to airlift them out? That would have cost more than the hogs were worth?!

No reflection on City people but they should just keep quite when something comes up. The people in Iowa have lost everything they have and law enforcement is working to the limit to try and keep order and help anyone and everyone in this very bad ordeal. The farmer that has lost his hogs has lost his income.

[dsr57]

If the owners of the pig farm had acted responsibly during evacuation, then the pigs would not have had to suffer as they did.

Posted by kzimmerm1

By acting responsibly, would you mean evacuating before the flood waters arrived? That would mean, I guess, that since all that water is headed downstream toward New Orleans, then it would follow that those residents should be evacuating? I wonder if they are?

Posted by minnick8
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I think you and I made about the same point

[hwy71so]

When and where is the BBQ?

[dsr57]

Posted by DSR57


These post show that some people have no idea about what to do with an animal in distress.
There are several post saying that the proper people were talked to before any hogs were killed.
None of you have any idea what it is like to try and hold a hog of any size. Even a small pig
is hard to hold. They are all muscle and you can''''t get them to do anything other than eat.
Trying and hold a large hog is just about impossible if not impossible

Posted by hbevis
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Ok, I''m not really sure what you are getting at here. Are you saying that they should have been saved or shot?

[hbevis]

Deacon,

The ultimate goal where firearms are concerned is that only the military, police, CIA, FBI, and Secret Service will have them. Oops, criminals will also have them.

People who want guns banned apparently want the same thing.

Teenagers who go around shooting people for sport were apparently never taught any morals or values. Those same thugs will find a way to administer terror when they can no longer obtain guns legally.

I can''''t believe a story about shooting pigs to save levies made the front page. I can''''t believe people feel sorry for the pigs.

Our society is upside down and backwards.

Posted by minnick8 at 11:10 AM : Jun 19, 2008

VERY WELL SAID...........

[bckrd1]

So many animals, two and four legged, have suffered from this horrible tragedy. Had our infrastructure needs been tended to long ago we may not have had to go through this. It is time to stop squandering money on pet projects and start being good stewards of our land and resources.

[minnick8-2009]

If the owners of the pig farm had acted responsibly during evacuation, then the pigs would not have had to suffer as they did.

Posted by kzimmerm1

By acting responsibly, would you mean evacuating before the flood waters arrived? That would mean, I guess, that since all that water is headed downstream toward New Orleans, then it would follow that those residents should be evacuating? I wonder if they are?