Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:54:25 PM

Save the Pigs!

Perpetually grumpy animal rights group PETA (Peope for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is threatening to sue CBS and Mark Burnett Productions over last week's episode where a small wild pig was stalked and killed for food by Michael of Kucha tribe.

“In 1925, Australia passed its Animal Protection Act, making it illegal to torture, mistreat, or bait any animal, or to instigate such acts,” said a PETA spokesperson in one report. “If Mark Burnett and CBS orchestrated this act by placing a tame pig on the scene, or separating a wild pig from her family group by helicopter, or otherwise baiting or corralling this pig so she could be attacked, Burnett and CBS and others on the set are also likely to have violated the criminal code.”

Interesting. Under this definition of the law it would seem that all of Australia would be vegetarian. Somehow I find this just a bit hard to believe.

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