The pigs and piglets were so scared that most were squealing at the top of their lungs while groups of four people chased and tackled them in an enclosed ring.
One pig was so scared that it rammed the fence, knocked it down and ran toward the woods. A heavy-set man then jumped directly on top of the terrified pig, which was dragged back into the ring.
This event was disgraceful, and it should be an embarrassment to real farmers who value treating animals with respect and kindness.
Spring Meadow Farms should be ashamed of hosting this event and of boasting about how much it cares about the animals that were clearly being abused.
Aaron Ross, Baltimore
The writer is director of the Humane League of Baltimore.
Taxpayers liable to be the victims
The word "confidence" has often been used about the bailout issue. Many say we need to restore "confidence" among bankers so they resume lending and confidence among consumers so they continue borrowing.
But the word is also the basis for the term "confidence game," or "con game" for short.
I fear that we taxpayers are about to become victims of the biggest con game in history ("Bailout bill passes Senate," Oct. 2).
Jim Tabeling, Baltimore
