Pig races

TX: PIG RACE PLAN LEADS TO DIRTY ARGUMENT - TOP Upset by moves of a Katy Islamic group, shop owner nearby will hold weekly contestsALLAN TURNER, Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/4373941.html

All snout and tail, the pink and brown pigs contentedly rooting in the wire pen behind Craig Baker's stone shop seem piggishly comic. They're racing pigs, after all, and that's got to be funny.But few in the sprawling subdivisions along Baker Road are laughing.These pigs are subtle weapons, here to show the new neighbors - the Katy Islamic Association - they aren't entirely welcome. Tension has been growing in this west Harris County community since September when the Muslim group announced it had purchased 11 acres south of Interstate 10 to build a mosque, school, community center and athletic facilities. (MORE)