Chinese truck driver slaughters ‘naughty’ pig on roadside
Trucker says beast was causing trouble with other animals en route to abattoir
Motorists in eastern China were horrified last week after seeing an irate truck driver butcher a live pig “for being naughty” on the side of a busy road.
The incident happened on Thursday afternoon as the man was transporting the animals from the city of Laiwu to a slaughterhouse in Zhucheng, Shandong province, Qilu Evening News reported on Sunday, citing traffic police.
During the three-hour journey, the driver, who was not named, became aware that one of the pigs had become restless and was “harassing” the other animals. When a fight broke out between them, he pulled his truck over into the emergency lane to investigate, the report said.
After identifying the “troublemaker”, the driver noticed that the hog was limping and covered in bruises and bite marks, probably inflicted by its irritated travelling companions. Fearing the situation would only worsen as the journey continued, he decided on a drastic course of action, the report said.
After unloading the unruly pig from the truck, he set about butchering it on the roadside, much to the disgust of passing motorists who witnessed the animal’s blood and innards spilling out onto the tarmac.