DEAD PIG UPDATE: Don Baxter, an enforcement supervisor for the Seattle Animal Shelter, just called to say an officer has visited the scene of the swine.

“The individual had picked [the pig] up and disposed of it,” Baxter says. “The individual owns farm in Snohomish County. The piglet had died there and he brought it in as he was doing business in Seattle and he left the pig at his rental property.” The Animal Shelter was concerned primarily for the animal’s welfare in the city. “We wanted to make sure it hadn’t suffered and the reason for it becoming deceased was some instance that happening in city of Seattle.” He added that the carcass "could potentially attract rats, rodents or other vermin.”

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Keith Salender was walking past his neighbors' house near the corner of Belmont Avenue and East Howell Street today, and, in their littered back yard, he saw a pig. A dead pig. Just laying there. Here's Salender on confronting his neighbors:

When I asked them about it they said, "yeah we know."

When I advised them that it was a somewhat concernable thing that someone may consider contacting the animal police thingy over they said "oh well we're just feeding it to the dogs."

On the phone a minute ago, Salender says, "They do have dogs, but their dogs weren't out there. There's a fence. They have chickens and crap back there, too." Considering Slog has already posted images of soda splatter, milk crust, ketchup water, and a basement pudding bath, we will post the dead-pig/winner of today's "what's grosser?" contest after the jump.

Tip from Kim.