Hog-Dogging?????? - not for the feignt of heart. (Video link from CNN)

Hunters claim that allowing their dogs to chase/catch feral pigs (?) in pens teaches their dogs how to hunt. :eek:

You have got to be kidding me! This in IMO is just as sick as dog fighting, c0ck fighting, etc.

This is no different than dog fighting, really. Just because they're pigs (feral or otherwise) does not make this kind of cruelty (and I do believe, based on those videos, that it is cruel) acceptable---for hunting purposes or not.

I am far from an animal activist, I do think hunting has its place as do hunting dogs and training thereof, but as mentioned, dogs are NOT meant to just latch onto wild pigs---they're meant to corner them long enough so that a hunter can get in and shoot.

This 'training' is nothing more than a redneck get-around for dog fighting (people pay to watch it---that makes it a spectator 'sport' or entertainment and that's drawing the line). One-sided dog fighting (ie: the pig is at a HUGE disadvantage), but dog fighting nonetheless. This kind of 'training' is dangerous---put those dogs out in a REAL hunting atmosphere and I guarantee you once they'd try to blindly latch on as they're teaching them to do, they'll get gored on a tusk or mauled by a wild pig who doesn't have 4-5 large rednecks hovering around.

Of course these 'hunters' are probably the kind that set up feeding traps for deer and then brag about how awesome of a hunter they are. Losers.