I don't see how the pig is really defenseless though. Thats the part that gets me, I've seen plenty of hogs cut not only my dogs but other peoples dogs to shreds and then just walk off like it wasn't anything. The part the people see as brutality is that a dog is holding down the pig, what people don't realize is that an 80 lb dog is hardly a match for a 250 lb pig. The whole time that the dog is latched onto the pig the pig is still very mobile and very lethal, I've seen several people get there legs gashed open when going in to stab or tie the pig even with the dog holding on to it.