Lord L K, Wittum T E
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1997 Sep 1;211(5):562-5.
To determine to what extent humane organizations are receiving requests to take unwanted Vietnamese potbellied pigs and to determine whether owners of potbellied pigs are selling them for slaughter.
Mail survey.
1,178 humane organizations in 7 states and 978 slaughter plants in 4 states.
802 (68%) humane organizations and 787 (81%) slaughter plants responded. Of the humane organizations that responded, 479 (60%) stated they were willing to accept potbellied pigs. Humane organizations received 4,380 requests from owners to accept potbellied pigs during the study period and accepted 3,149 (72%) of these pigs. Six hundred fifteen (20%) of the potbellied pigs accepted were strays. Of the 437 humane organizations that provided reasons why owners relinquished their potbellied pigs, 255 (58%) reported larger than expected size, 148 (34%) reported zoning restrictions and 82 (19%) reported aggression. Of 485 slaughter plants that normally slaughtered hogs, 255 (53%) had received requests to slaughter potbellied pigs. These plants slaughtered 2,640 and refused 1,407 potbellied pigs during the study period.
Problems with larger than expected size, zoning restrictions, and aggressive behavior caused owners of Vietnamese potbellied pigs to relinquish their pets to humane organizations and slaughter plants.
确定人道组织收到收留无人想要的越南大肚猪请求的程度，并确定大肚猪的主人是否将它们卖去屠宰。
邮寄调查。
7个州的1178个人道组织和4个州的978家屠宰厂。
802个（68%）人道组织和787家（81%）屠宰厂回复。在回复的人道组织中，479个（60%）表示愿意收留大肚猪。在研究期间，人道组织收到猪主人4380次收留大肚猪的请求，并收留了其中3149头（72%）。收留的大肚猪中有615头（20%）是流浪猪。在437个提供猪主人放弃大肚猪原因的人道组织中，255个（58%）报告称猪的体型比预期大，148个（34%）报告称存在分区限制，82个（19%）报告称猪有攻击性。在485家通常屠宰生猪的屠宰厂中，255家（53%）收到过屠宰大肚猪的请求。在研究期间，这些工厂屠宰了2640头大肚猪，拒绝了1407头。
体型比预期大、分区限制和攻击性行为等问题导致越南大肚猪的主人将他们的宠物交给人道组织和屠宰厂。
