‘As Godas my witness,’ the chickens of Ridgeland, Wis., will fly

Sorry, animal lovers, but the Pioneer Days in Ridgeland, Wis. — just south of Barron — is going on as scheduled in two weeks, and that includes the greased pig contest and the chicken-throwing competition.

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office reports on Facebook that it’s been getting plenty of calls protesting the events, which include throwing chickens from a one-story building.

None of the complaints the sheriff has received came from the locals, according to the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.

Seventy-six thousand people have signed a petition calling on organizers to cancel the two events.

But they’ve been going on for 36 years, one organizer says.

“We’ve been through this before,” he said.