I’ve always believed that what my neighbors do with their yards is primarily their own business. However, my friend’s story about his capitol hill neighbors leaving a dead pig in their backyard and letting their dogs eat it (?!) may prompt me to reconsider.
I’m also confused – are there really a ton of wild pigs roaming the hill? My first reaction to finding one in my yard would be closer to shock and awe than “yay, free dog food this week!”
it would be in Kentucky. I think it is odd but I’m not clear where you draw the acceptability line. Is it at your arbitrary neighborhood boundary, the city limit, or the county line?
What an odd neighborhood to live in and be questioning what is and what is not acceptable.
Slog reported that this was not a wild pig. The neighbor owns a farm and brought the pig into Seattle, I think after it died. Animal Control went out to talk to him and he disposed of the carcass. It’s more stupidity on the part of the neighbor than anything else.
Maybe we have weak moral fiber. Or, what I think, many of us prefer for as much human behavior as possible to be acceptable so we waver when drawing the line. I’m ok with that. Even with dead piggies.
I used to have friends (from Island nations) that when we had a BBQ would roast whole pigs on a spit over coals in their driveway. Where else would they do it?
I never thought that was odd. My only thought was, that is going to taste good!
Call me weird, but I see this as a pretty efficient and earth friendly way to recycle a pig that would have otherwise gone into the trash. Wild dogs eat their meat raw, and many dog owners feed their dogs the bones-and-raw-food diet.