Grand Jury To Look Into Case Of Animal Cruelty In Killing of Alabama Hog?
This past spring a story that certainly made its rounds, on both traditional news outlets as well as many blogs, involving the killing of a huge hog in Alabama by an 11 year old boy with a handgun. This story caused a big stir and fueled the canned hunting debate. ESPN is now running a story from a media ethics think tank called Stinky Journalism that reports that this “hunt” is or will be the subject of a grand jury investigation.
The report on Stinky Jornalism seems to have some damming evidence that suggests that the adults involved in this situation certainly did not have this young man’s best interest in mind in this endeavor. If this report is accurate should this young man be held responsible for his actions? Good question I’m not sure there is enough information for me to really render an opinion either way.
The family has there version of the story as well.
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