Pennsylvania State University is promulgating a new policy for its Swine Center after brothers of Acacia purchases, slaughtered, and roasted a hog for its pig roast. A university investigation ensued after concerns were raised that the animal was not killed humanely. Regardless of the outcome, however, the university is trying to head off concerns by barring students from obtaining any more live hogs. This despite admission than "there is a longstanding tradition in practice of these sales," said spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz, adding that pig roasts too were of ancient provenance.
As far as anyone can tell, no laws or policies were broken. The Swine Center had long sold livestock to students, farmers, and other locals, without any apparent uproar, and the municipality has no laws on the books regulating animal slaughters. In any case, students will now have to purchase pigs in meat form only through the Penn State Meats Laboratory, which unfortunately forecloses any further pig roasts. Why the university decided to change its policy against the weight of tradition is unclear.
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