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Molly the pet pig, adopted from the BC SPCA, was killed and eaten by her new owners.
Outrage is spreading across Vancouver Island and online after a pig that was adopted from the BC SPCA was killed and eaten by the people who adopted her.
Molly, a three-year-old Vietnamese potbelly pig, came to the SPCA’s Cowichan & District branch as part of a cruelty investigation. She was taken care of and nursed back to health by the staff and was finally adopted by a couple in Duncan on Jan. 19.
Then it was discovered that on Feb. 16, Molly had been killed and eaten.
Brandee McKee, who lives on Vancouver Island and also owns a pet pig, discovered what happened to Molly through friends and word spreading online.
She says the owners realized they did not know how to properly take care of Molly and that’s when they made the decision to slaughter her for food.
She says she is outraged that Molly’s owners aren’t facing any charges.
“Had this been a cat or a dog there probably would have been charges,” she says.
However, the BC SPCA says that is not necessarily the case.
“Because animals are considered property under the law, once an adoption agreement is made, that person is the full legal owner of that animal, whether it’s a dog, or a cat, or a pig or whatever so the minute the adoption is signed we lose all legal rights to that animal,” explains Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA. “The new person has all legal rights to that animal.”
Chortyk says the BC SPCA did send constables to the property to investigate the matter and ascertain the animal was killed humanely.
“Unless an animal is left to suffer, there’s absolutely no laws whatsoever that would allow us to do anything,” she adds. “So it’s not that we wouldn’t do anything necessarily, it’s that there’s no route.”
McKee says Molly’s owners snapchatted photos and videos of seasoning the meat and preparing it to eat.
“Why wasn’t it returned, why didn’t they re-home it, why wasn’t there charges being pressed,” says McKee. “That’s the sickening part of it all, that they’re getting away with it.”
“The pigs were placed there as pets to be adopted.”
Chortyk says staff at the Cowichan branch are heartbroken by what happened to Molly.
“We would never adopt out an animal to be used for food,” she says. “So there’s quite a thorough adoption matching and discussion and counselling and that kind of thing. So this was the whole focus of the adoption counselling. They said, ‘Yes, this was going to be a pet, going to live on a farm, this is what we’re doing. They actually, put in writing that, ‘No, I will never use this animal for food’.”
McKee says maybe the laws in Canada surrounding animals need to be changed.
“I know it’s not the SPCA’s fault as to what happened, you can’t control anybody,” she says. “But what is the process, that’s what we need to look at.”
McKee adds potbelly pig meat is not meant to be eaten. “Their meat is not designed for that, their diet would be different,” she says, adding that if Molly had all her shots then eating that meat would not be a good idea.
“When they’re on a farm they’re vaccinated in order to live on a farm and be farm produced. A pet, we all vaccinate differently.”
Chortyk says Molly would have received all her shots at the SPCA branch before being adopted out but it’s not clear if she had any further vaccinations.
She confirms that the man who adopted Molly has been marked in the BC SPCA database as never being allowed to adopt any animal from them for the rest of his life.
“This gentleman, we’re certainly very devastated by what he did, but he didn’t do anything illegal,” says Chortyk.
“We have a very thorough adoption process, we received assurances verbally and in writing that this was going to be a pet and would not be, specifically, this would never be used for food,” she adds.
“We got assurances but it’s not legally binding.We have no say unless there’s a case where animal cruelty laws are being violated then absolutely, we can intervene.”
“I’ve been here 17 years, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this happening.”
As a meat eater, obviously I do not in general have a problem with people eating pork. But eating a pet?! And one that has been adopted from SPCA specifically as a pet? WTF is wrong this this fxxkhead?!
When he realized the pet pig was too much for him to handle, the least he could have done is to return it to SPCA or something.
So what happens if this guy gets his gf/wifey preggers, and later realize that caring for and raising a baby is too lun much work for him to handle?! Is he gonna eat the baby too???
I don't know if I'd want to eat potbellied pig.
As long as it was put down humanely though, I'm not really outraged.
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So what happens if this guy gets his gf/wifey preggers, and later realize that caring for and raising a baby is too lun much work for him to handle?! Is he gonna eat the baby too???
Pretty sure there's laws against killing and eating humans, nor are humans considered property. Unfortunately, not so much for pets.
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So what happens if this guy gets his gf/wifey preggers, and later realize that caring for and raising a baby is too lun much work for him to handle?! Is he gonna eat the baby too???
No, our tax dollars will take care of that.
Then they will hand the child over to people who have no clue what to do.
Sad part is, there are thousands of very capable and loving couples out there that desperately want children, 'cause they can't, for one reason or another, have their own. Government always end up transferring children to the wrong people those who meet the bare minimum and are in it to make some extra cash.
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The main concern should be whether it was done humanely or not. It's certainly an odd thing to do, and I can't imagine doing that to an otherwise healthy pet, but clearly they didn't think of it as one.
Though it sounds like the diet and medical care was different since it wasn't intended to be eaten, so it sounds like that may cause them some problems.
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best part is they snapchatted the cooking process ayy lmao
they said it won't be used as food upon adoption but it's not legally binding
I mean what would really be the fate of the swine if they sent it back to SPCA as unadoptable?
I don't think what they did is unequivocally wrong but apparently vaccinated makes it unsafe to eat, don't know how true that is if you're not eating it like sashimi
I googled up can you eat potbellied pig last night and it honestly seems like the line between a pet and livestock is blurred when it comes to a pig/chicken/duck etc....I mean didn't the Japanese educational system made a group of kids take care of porkies then made them cook it to teach the value of where your food comes from?
In japan elementary schools they raise a piglet into a pig, then the pig gets slaughtered and fed back to the students who raised the pig. It teaches the kids value in the food they eat.
im sure all the shit about the shots etc. is just to kind of shame the person and make it sound like they ate garbage/going to get sick
I'm sure whatever the "pet" pig got in terms of shots or vaccines is nothing crazy compared to factory farmed pork. Might just be to deter further people doing this lol
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In japan elementary schools they raise a piglet into a pig, then the pig gets slaughtered and fed back to the students who raised the pig. It teaches the kids value in the food they eat.
The difference is, they know this right from the start, that the piglet is going to get raised into become food on the table. The situation here is, this is supposed to be a pet pig from the get go, not something that is meant for slaughter.
The difference is, they know this right from the start, that the piglet is going to get raised into become food on the table. The situation here is, this is supposed to be a pet pig from the get go, not something that is meant for slaughter.
eh people change their minds all the time
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