Minnesota is the rare state with a ban on chasing greased pigs and turkey "scrambles." That hasn’t entirely put a stop to them.

If you go to the pig wrestling finals on Friday at the Central States Fair, be forewarned, there is a splash zone. “It’s a blast — it’s slippery,” said Kayle Flack of Rapid City, who with the help of ...

JEROME • Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the Mud Munchers, the Royal Slime Fetchers or Pig-inators Friday night. It encouraged them. The teams of kids steeled themselves against the drizzle and ...

JEROME — He stood tall in his white shirt and blue jeans. His long white beard and baseball cap would protect his face later, though his thigh-high wader boots offered cause to take pause. Well, they ...

CORYDON, Ind. (CN) – Claiming a pig-wrestling contest scheduled for this year’s Harrison County Fair constitutes animal cruelty, an Indiana man sued to stop the event and make it a thing of the past ...

A Wyoming county fair is bringing back pig wrestling after a six-year hiatus, though it’s adding a new rule: No men allowed. The ban is meant to protect the swine after concerns about animal cruelty ...

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 ...