My younger brother was given a pet goose by one of the "field hands" that worked for us...Dang goose followed him around everywhere...Yep, we ate it for Easter, little brother was teed off...Dad told him to grow up, that's what animals were for, it's is the reason God put us over them...

We also raised pigs, named them as well, any of you guys ever ridden a pig???...It was a hoot...Almost as much fun as frog gigging...

When you grow up in the country, some things are just a given...Hawks and foxes are shot because they get the chickens, rabbits, quail, etc...And a stray dog, or cat won't make it long either, just not tolerated...