Amato said he found out about the attack after the
students began to brag about the incident at school. On June 10, a
teacher overheard the young men boasting about the incident and
reported it to Cpl. Karen Smyth of SPCA, who was on hand at the school
that day for an educational rally.

“They basically confessed to what they did,” Amato said.
“I was given the location of where the hog was and was surprised to
find it still there, what with foxes and raccoons.”

The two young men face two counts of needlessly killing
and torturing a living animal. According to Amato, they could face up
to six months in prison, $1,000 in fines and 30 days of community
service for each count.

We petition that they serve mandatory jail time, psychiatric evaluations and counseling, and anger-management classes, if applicable, at their own personal expense if convicted of the allegations.