Dead pig stunt angers animal rights campaigners

ANIMAL rights activists yesterday clashed with thespians in Waterford city after a local theatre company placed dead pigs on stakes around the city to promote their upcoming production of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

Theatre company Red Kettle decided to use the pigs’ heads as they play a hugely symbolic role in Golding’s classic.

The visual recreation of the plot angered many locals and the city council took to the streets early in the morning to remove many of the heads after receiving a large number of complaints.