Stop savage ‘pig dogging’ in Australia.

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'Pig dogging' is dangerous and deadly for the animals involved, and many animals die slowly and painfully. Please take this quick but important action to help spare pigs from horrific deaths in the Australian bush.

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'Pig dogging' is dangerous and deadly for the animals involved, and many animals die slowly and painfully. Please take this quick but important action to help spare pigs from horrific deaths in the Australian bush.

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Last updated December 3, 2021

In the vast tracts of Australian bushland, there is a little-known ‘sport’ that will likely shock you… ‘Pig dogging’ is arguably the cruellest and most brutal form of hunting still permitted in Australia today.

The hunts involve packs of ‘pig dogs’ – dogs who are released by hunters to track, chase and maul a lone pig in the wild. While ‘pig dogs’ may be fitted with protective collars and breastplates to stop them from being gored by terrified, trapped pigs, wounds and injuries to dogs are common.

But the suffering the pigs are made to endure is immeasurable... In their struggle to escape, terrified pigs are savaged and may even be mauled to death as the human hunter makes their way to the attack, only to stab them through the heart or shoot them at close range if they haven’t already been killed.

This image contains content which some may find confronting

Content warning: graphic image. A victim of 'pig dogging' lays bloodied on the floor with two dogs used for hunting and a human hunter crouched over their body.
Image credit: Hunting Pig Dogs of Australia

Animals Australia has long opposed the practice of pig dogging. Sadly, the rural hunting lobby has quashed efforts to ban the ‘sport’.

The cruel reality of what this type of hunting involves has been known for years. In 2012, ABC 7.30 threw a public spotlight onto this dark practice, thanks to the efforts of our friends at Animal Liberation. The evidence aired on national TV was damning.

Most of the videos obtained by 7.30 were too distressing to broadcast.
Uproar over pig-dogging 'blood sport', ABC
Tue 17 Jul 2012

Help stop this cruelty as soon as possible

With media exposure and pressure from concerned, compassionate community members, the NSW and QLD Governments will be forced to respond. Please edit the letter below into your own words and urge the government to outlaw the brutal ‘sport’ of pig dogging.

Help end this shameful ‘sport’ and spare pigs from horrific suffering

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