Stop Hog Bagging Now

A pig called Jennifer Lopig at the Bandera Ham Rodeo (previously called Wild Hog Explosion)

The 31st Annual Wild Hog Festival & Craft Fair is set to take place March 25th and 26th in Sabinal, TX (about an hour from San Antonio). This event is put on by the Sabinal Lions Club and involves a two-day hog bagging event for children and adults. Teams of two (children and adults) compete for the quickest hog bagging time to try to win a belt buckle. Pigs are absolutely brutalized for this nonsense. They try to escape their abusers by jumping the fence and then they get injured and bloody. Anything goes at this event, there is no abuse that's crossing the line. This is somehow considered a "family fun" thing to do. Pigs are reused again and again, even if they are bleeding. Their suffering is mocked throughout the day and evening rounds of pig assaulting. There is no excuse for this type of treatment of any sentient individuals. PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDOE AND SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION. BELOW YOU WILL ALSO FIND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS. PETITION TO END THE WILD HOG FESTIVAL PUBLIC ANIMAL TORTURE: https://chng.it/BxdGDcqKx7 In Defense of Animals alert to end all of the horrendous Texas hog bagging events: https://tinyurl.com/2p8un46h Organizers and Sponsors contact information: https://tinyurl.com/3e2h2s5u Sabinal Lions Club: www.facebook.com/sabinallionsclub/ sabinallionsclub@gmail.com

A pig called Ham Chop at the Bandera Ham Rodeo (previously called Wild Hog Explosion)

A pig called Daisy Porker at the Ham Rodeo (previously called Wild Hog Explosion)

A pig called Sausage Patty at the Ham Rodeo (previously called Wild Hog Explosion)

A pig they called Count Pigla at the Wild Hog Explosion (now called Ham Rodeo) in Bandera, TX.

A pig the announcer called Porkster at the Wild Hog Explosion (now called Ham Rodeo).

Footage from the Ham Rodeo in Bandera, Texas. This event was previously called the Wild Hog Explosion and then Bacon Bash.

A couple spends their 5-year anniversary brutalizing pigs at the Frio River Fest. This video can be downloaded here: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/4363d5980/se8fnaqt-7wssb9rz-d8nj4av7-xqcsx53w

Two guys from outside of TX participate in the Frio River Fest. This video can be downloaded here: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/b4dd91ec0/7jyvkwmz-d39iueyn-qw6kqw43-4qeewdws

Two guys at the Frio River Fest defeat their pigs in 35 seconds while "Born In The U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen plays in the background. This video can be downloaded here: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/4b613ec00/2m9p9zbf-5e72syb4-9uqcgjb4-q29tsinf

Two guys get a "good" times and lots of cheer. This video can be downloaded here: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/bbc7a4370/xj3nnkrg-y25ff7vi-jfh24sp5-m5qdxm27

The wild hog sacking event flagger participated with her teammate Neal. Both were of course extremely rough with the pigs and Neal can be seen picking a pig up by just their ear. This video can be downloaded at: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/11e14dd80/3w5kibuc-84i7sq4h-3hk7icyf-n59v2uup

Two pigs are thrown into the arena at the Frio River Fest wild hog sacking, one of whom was held up by their ears. This video can be downloaded here: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/dfdbb5770/7bc9gu7j-97438rh8-yybatdk8-am3nks3v

Pig gets thrown into the arena and kicked at the Frio River Fest wild hog sacking. This video can be downloaded here: https://ln5.sync.com/dl/4b02767b0/ar8s9hjn-9f5d6bgd-vw44dj8y-dr8yxnpq

This is what happens at the end of the Frio River Fest wild hog sacking event. This clip can be downloaded at https://ln5.sync.com/dl/5bab87d10/uqz4257u-eju3tp85-6wa7f3u8-rfzvqi6w

This footage was taken at the wild hog sacking event at the Frio River Fest (previously called the Rio Frio Fest) held at Jimmy Joe's and Neal's Lodges in Concan, TX. Neal’s Lodges and Joe Jimmy’s will host the 2023 annual wild hog sacking competition on March 18th at 1 PM as part of the Frio River Fest in Concan, TX. Frio River Fest is a music festival and more. Joe Jimmy’s is part of Neal’s Lodges, the place where the whole festival takes place. Very young (children) pigs are trapped and forced into a tiny arena repeatedly for this event, an arena so small that they have virtually no chance of not getting caught by their abusers. Teams of two willing humans (children and adults) enter the arena and then two pigs are forced into the arena. When the participants get the signal from the flagger they attempt to capture the two pigs by any ways they can (no abusive and painful behavior is prohibited). The goal is to get both pigs into just one burlap feed sack and drop the sack in a circle in the center of the arena in the fastest time possible (a minute or under). At the end there is a free-for-all where all the pigs are forced into the ring together and a bunch of participants aim to capture them simultaneously and dump all of them on top of each other into one burlap feed sack. Photo and video evidence clearly shows the people who run this event and participate in it don’t have any regard whatsoever for the pigs. Joe Jimmys: https://www.facebook.com/joejimmys/ (830) 232-6118 Neal’s Lodges: (830) 232-6118 reserve@nealslodges.com https://www.facebook.com/nealslodges Instagram: @nealslodges House Pasture Cattle Company: This is the part of the Neal’s Lodges that hosts the musical acts (830) 232-6580 housepasturecattleco@gmail.com www.housepasture.com Roadhouse Tickets: This is the ticket supplier for the festival 512.774.2900 info@roadhousetickets.com https://www.roadhousetickets.com/ticket/detail/1050 Visit Uvalde County Texas: They promote this event on their website and they may be a sponsor (unconfirmed) 830-232-4310 info@visituvaldecounty.com https://www.visituvaldecounty.com/events/2020/frio-river-music-fest(2) For all the information on the event, who is behind it, and a link to 50+ photos to share and raise awareness with head to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CGcTqaaa8xdQI7-IGKkbM-E_lZlKClb0PCRM_mz2C2A/edit?usp=sharing