In 1859, the United States and Great Britain almost got into a shooting war. The reason - an American farmer shot and killed a pig on a disputed island in the Pacific Northwest. This is the story of the Pig War.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)

https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm

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