There probably won’t be many PETA members wearing Yoenis Cespedes jerseys in the Citi Field stands this season.
The group that advocates the ethical treatment of animals was not pleased with the New York Mets outfielder’s decision to send a pig he recently bought to the butcher, per Mike Puma of the New York Post.
Puma noted the 270-pound pig cost Cespedes $7,000 at an auction at a local fair and passed along the statement from PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange:
Yoenis Cespedes can afford $7,000 out of his own pocket, and this loving, loyal and clever pig is paying the real price with his life.