A pig that weighed in at nearly one ton was publicly slaughtered today after its owner won first prize on a competition held by a Taoist temple in Taiwan.
Ten Holy Pigs were force fed to make them grow ten times larger than normal for the contest held by the Sanhsia Tzushih Temple in Yingko, New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.
The winning pig weighed in at a staggering 936kg and appeared in public looking like a porcine equivalent of Star Wars villain Jabba the Hut.
Farmers compete to raise the heaviest pig for the annual event, which culminates with all the animals having their throats cut in public to please the gods.
