Comments on: Not Feral, Farm-Raised, Just Fred

By: theSnark

theSnark — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:05:57 +0000

How tall is the kid? From his hight we can calculate if the picture is even possible. Remember Hogzilla? He was around 7 1/2 ft and more than 800 lbs
(National Geographic Channel:
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2005/03/explorer_hogzilla.html
)

By: Kronprinz_adam

Kronprinz_adam — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:01:26 +0000

Does a pig can be so..gigantic?
Anyway, if you go hunting and you find something like that…you’ll think is a wild beast and you’ll probably shoot it…
Poor Fred, anyway!! He was at the wrong place and at the wrong time…

By: TRUTH

TRUTH — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:30:22 +0000

The entire thing is a hoax! Phil is not truthful! I taught the Photoshop computer program! Obviously fake, I can see the editing! Secondly, just look at picture of the hog hanging and measure the proportion of top of back to hoof length and then compare to pic above! Nearly a 250% gain!
At that rate hog would probably weigh almost 3000 lbs. Phil must think we are all idiots! I also don’t think that kid could
shoot that caliber of gun successfully! Look up the specs. DUH!

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:49:29 +0000

Well, I guess some kids get video games for their birthday, some get bikes, and some get 50 caliber handguns. It’s not my personal idea of a good day of wholesome family entertainment, but hey, different strokes for different folks.

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:53:02 +0000

Hmmmm. guess I shouldn’t of said that…

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:52:01 +0000

Seems to me that the people who sold Fred for a canned hunt should be the ones getting all the crap. Most people don’t raise an animal and call it a pet if they plan on selling it to be slaughtered in any way shape or form. If they sell it for consumption it’s called livestock. Or that’s what I always thought.

The kid was just trying to please his dad. Do what pop says this is what we do. I feel for the pig and the kid.

By: Rapscallion

Rapscallion — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:43:19 +0000

Wow,
Seems more than a few have some vitriol aimed at an eleven year old kid. Thats really quite shameful, both that, and degrading his parents in any manner. You know, I may not agree with someone’s point of view, but i have NEVER deemed them stupid, ignorant savages due to a differing opinion. So it’s not a feral hog, shocking. Its a giant domestic pig. It was shot and killed. Wake up and smell the beans folks, this happens daily, countless times, the world over. Now I may not draw the same issues with canned hunts as everyone else, and no, I’ve never been on one, but consider for a moment this, if you will. In some states, hunting is all but illegal, you have so many hoops to jump through, and snags to negotiate, that most hunters simply lose interest in the sport, as it is just not worth the trouble. In such instances I see little problem with reserve hunts, as they cut the red tape to a minimal. Now a domestic pig released and advertised as a feral hog however, I view with moderate disgust. Not so much the fact the pig was killed, but more the false advertising aspect of the whole ordeal. Well, that’s my take on the situation, just wanted to add a quick note to some comments I read though, such as the romance not being dead, in reference to the christmas piggie. There is a good chance I haven’t laughed that hard for years. And the comment regarding death by old age being more humane than hunting a pig? You’re kidding right? Honestly. If that were your argument against hunting, it being a barbaric extirpation of life, then ban football “pigskin” baseball, as it kills countless trees for its natural wood bats, tennis, for clearing land to lay clay courts. etc. etc. C’mon folks, fight for something worth changing, with something worth arguing about, not senseless opinionated gibberish.

And for gods sake, have a heart, the kid was eleven.

P.S. That’s still one enormous pig, regardless of its heritage.

By: Tengu

Tengu — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:54:18 +0000

I guess I must be thankful we would not let this happen in this country, but our pheasant rearing is little different. (even though its responsible for the preservation of a lot of our woodlands)

and who would sell a pig so cute?

and we must feel sorry for the boy, -how would you feel to have hunted a big animal only to be told it was a pet?

No normal child would want that.

(maybe hunted a pet `knowing` it was a pet, though)

By: size 13

size 13 — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:16:46 +0000

Forced perspective-the kid is setting several feet away from the pig giving the Illusion of a larger animal.

Canned hunts are in my opinion-as Douglas Adams put it “A Load Of Dingo Kidneys”. Nothing but contempt for the parents here.

By: Carol Maltby

Carol Maltby — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:11:17 +0000

Good thing time stops in the Hundred Acre Wood for everybody but Christopher Robin.