Abby Lafferty, 6, looked ready to cry. She didn't have much trouble catching her piglet in Saturday's greased pig scramble, which helped close out the Warren County Fair. But wrestling him into the ...

Desiree Beaman had no trouble getting her calf across the finish line at the National Peanut Festival’s Greased Pig/Calf Scramble Monday night. She just slipped a rope around the calf’s neck and ...

Laying on her back, hugging a pig close to her chest, Catherine Andress inched her way across the finish line during the National Peanut Festival’s greased pig scramble.

As a Lexington resident and lifelong animal lover, I’m writing out of concern for the greased pig contests still taking place at local fairs across Kentucky. These events are often passed off as ...

Boys aged 6, 7 and 8 chase after a pig during the greased pig contest on Sunday at the Hancock County District Fair. The stands were packed with kids waiting for their turn in the ring with the pigs, ...