i'm going to link the news articles below.

• https://www.franklincounty-news.com/2017/10/04/two-franklin-county-men-facing-charges-stole-tortured-30-piglets-2/

• https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/4-arrested-in-franklin-county-after-allegedly-stealing-killing-piglets-at-least-1-piglet-allegedly/article_fd08ad84-632c-5218-b299-8fcff8fb0a17.html

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-southern-illinois-killing-piglets-20171005-story.html

• https://www.wgil.com/2017/10/06/4-illinois-men-arrested-for-torturing-killing-piglets/

• https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-accused-in-2017-animal-torture-case-given-november-trial-date/article_b1100c3c-2d8e-5ea0-a59c-55771f0b364c.html

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the names of the perpetrators are:

Brendan Allen Shaputis

Trenton H. Bennett

unknown (at the time underaged)

unknown (at the time underaged)

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• a closed petition that had gained some traction on Change.org

my Change.org petition- https://www.change.org/p/we-demand-real-justice-for-the-baby-pigs-mercilessly-slaughtered-tortured-for-funi

my Care2 petition - https://www.thepetitionsite.com/340/863/587/we-demand-real-justice-for-the-baby-pigs-mercilessly-slaughtered-amp-tortured-for-%E2%80%9Cfun%E2%80%9D/