A Pig's Tale: Hog Named Six Seven Spared by Miami-Dade Mayor.
While perhaps not at the equivalent scale as granting clemency to festive fowl, but the Miami-Dade County mayor had her own ceremonial pardon event this week by formally pardoning the life of a swine named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava executed the holiday gesture at the Cuban-themed Latin Cafe 2000 in the center of Miami’s iconic Little Havana neighborhood.
“This pig is innocent. Clemency is justified for her. She has committed zero crimes,” stated the mayor in a speech with inescapable allusions to the extraordinary and sizable number of pardons issued since the onset of a new presidential term.
“If we disregard eating 6 or 7 apples per day,” Levine Cava continued. “May this pig enjoy a prosperous future away from worry.”
This ceremony, either celebrating or rejecting the local cultural practice of feasting on pork during the holidays, was created to emulate the yearly bird sparing at the White House.
The animal, contributed by a local firefighter, was named for the current slang trend of young people shouting “six-seven” – originating from a rap song lyric – often seemingly at random. The craze became so widespread that a major dictionary recently named “six-seven” its top term for the year.
A New Life
The pardoned swine is now set to enjoy its days at a countryside refuge “away from grills and cookware”, according to the organizers' announcement.
“The pig pardon has become one of our favorite ways to kick off the holiday season,” said the cafe owner, in a decidedly positive message.
“It embodies the spirit of Miami: joyful, varied, and rooted in traditions that unite the community. Each year, we are honored to observe culture and compassion in a way distinctively Miamian.”
Guests enjoyed a plant-based fare of spinach fritters and cafecito as they marked the swine's new lease on life.
