— A New Brunswick woman has launched a campaign to end a pig-chasing tradition at a rural fair in Prince Edward Island, where children are encouraged to pursue the squealing swine as they scramble around an enclosed pen. “I know a lot of people think it’s just a farm animal, but it’s not just a farm animal — it’s still an animal,” animal welfare activist Melodie Robb said in an interview Tuesday from Moncton. It calls for an end to the event at the Prince Edward Island Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair, which is scheduled to be held in late August in Dundas. She said the event may be steeped in tradition, but it remains cruel. Earlier this year, Robb led a successful campaign to stop a similar pig scramble at the Westmorland County Agricultural Fair in Petitcodiac, N.B.

Source: National Post March 21, 2017 20:37 UTC