Horrific events called “pig wrestling” and “hog-bagging” exploit young pigs who are abused and tormented for public amusement.( video)

https://www.idausa.org/campaign/animals-in-entertainment/latest-news/stop-pig-wrestling-and-hog-bagging-torture-at-rodeos-and-fairs/  PETITION  an older petition but still actual 

Horrific events called “pig wrestling” and “hog-bagging” exploit young pigs who are abused and tormented for public amusement. They are being planned again for 2026 in Texas and Wyoming. Defenseless pigs are treated like disposable props, enduring repeated attacks and injuries as spectators watch. Urge event organizers and community leaders to end these spectacles of cruelty and brutality. 

Pig Wrestling, Teton County Fair — July 18–26, 2026 (WY)

After a six-year hiatus, the Teton County Commissioners voted 3-1 to reinstate pig “wrestling” at the Teton County Fair. Children and women will chase and tackle pigs, then force them into a mud pit or barrel. Opponents of the decision included a veterinarian who called pig “wrestling” outdated and needlessly violent, comparing it to ancient gladiator fights and emphasizing that modern understanding of animal intelligence and suffering should compel society to abandon such cruelty.

While these are the major 2026 events, similar hog-bagging, pig-wrestling, and other forms of animal abuse are planned at county fairs and rodeos nationwide. Please speak out in your community to stop them.

Like all animals, pigs are sensitive and emotionally complex, and they have been shown to be more intelligent than a 3-year-old human child. Yet they are brutalized and mocked for trivial pastimes at rodeos and county fairs before being killed.

It is long past time to end the use of animals for anything, much less for entertainment. Farmed animals endure horrendous abuse and pain in all animal farming, including forced breeding, mutilations, separation from their families, extreme confinement, and slaughter. In addition, countless animals are subjected to further suffering for youth contests, research, and at state and county fairs. They are the most tortured and killed animals on the planet, and each deserves our defense.

Thanks to animal advocates and undercover investigators like Unparalleled Suffering, who witness, document, and speak out against this unconscionable and legal torment of animals, public awareness is growing. More people are recognizing that no tradition, habit, or profit justifies harming any animal. 

These events terrorize pigs, some barely a month old, as they are chased, slammed to the ground, yanked by tails, legs, and ears, and dragged across arenas, as they scream and desperately try to escape. Witnesses have reported seeing pigs denied food and water, and often with bloody wounds or limping. After these brutal assaults, like all farmed animals, they are later forced into the hell of a slaughterhouse. Multiple events occurred in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with more now scheduled for 2026.