The Week contest: Hog trial
A Chicago-area man who voluntarily surrendered his “emotional support hog” to an animal sanctuary is now suing the nonprofit to regain custody of the 330-pound pig, named Chief Wiggum. If Hollywood were to make a courtroom drama about this unusual custody battle, what would it be titled?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: “Beyond a Reasonable Snout”
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Karl Wulffraat, Albuquerque
SECOND PLACE: “And This Little Piggy Went Home”
Mike Gray, Tampa
THIRD PLACE: “Habeas Porkus”
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Jeff Goodrich, Andover, N.H.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Ally McSqueal”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.
“Law & Oinker”
George Strong, Plano, Texas
“The Hog Shank Redemption”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.
“Hog Tried”
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Ind.
“Hog Day Afternoon”
Timothy Olson, West Des Moines, Iowa
“Odor in the Court”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
“The Witness Will Squeal”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
“Bringing Home the Bacon”
Amy Torchinsky, Chapel Hill, N.C.
“Perry Bacon”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.
“The Porker Chase”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
“Pulled Pork”
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
“Free Wiggum”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.
“That Swine is Mine”
Daniel Tuchman, Marina del Rey, Calif.
“Snort Tort”
Sherry Jones, Chapel Hill, N.C.