A Madison-based animal rights group has taken a public stand against one of the biggest attractions for Viroqua’s Wild West Days — pig wrestling. The Alliance for Animals wrote Wild West Days ...

Minnesota is the rare state with a ban on chasing greased pigs and turkey "scrambles." That hasn’t entirely put a stop to them. Children wrestle greased pigs at the Western Days festival in Le Roy, ...

Pig wrestling at the Columbia County Fair? These cruel spectacles have no place in civilized society. Often during these events, pigs are dragged by their hind legs, slammed to the ground and into ...

The splashing, flying flecks of mud and the three rushing bodies seemed to be caught in slow motion. Thundering hoves were instantly tied as Troy Clements tackled the beast with the skill that would ...

Five teams will slip, slide, grunt and grapple with porcine opponents tonight in the finals of the Central States Fair Team Pig Wrestling finals. Each team, chosen from four days of qualifying rounds, ...