SLIDELL (AP) — Three Slidell residents apparently put a hog they had captured in a man’s backyard to see if three dogs would attack it.
Police say 41-year-old Dewayne Menefee claimed his three mastiffs were too afraid to harm the hog, but that didn’t keep him and the others from being cited for cruelty to animals and illegal hog and canine fighting. Also cited were 20-year-old Brian Dorian, 20-year-old Justin Haskins and a 17-year-old boy.
Police say a neighbor reported Friday that a group watched the dogs besiege the swine and loudly cheered the action.
The hog has since been nursed back to health and returned to its natural habitat.