A Pig's Tale: Hog Named Six Seven Pardoned by Miami Dade County Leader.
It might not have been at the equivalent scale as pardoning holiday birds, but the mayor of Miami-Dade conducted a ceremonial pardon event this week by ritually sparing the life of a swine named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava executed the holiday gesture at the Cuban-themed Latin Cafe 2000 in the core of Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
“This animal is guiltless. She deserves this act of mercy. She has committed zero crimes,” declared Levine Cava in a speech with obvious nods to the vast quantity of pardons issued from the start of the onset of a current administration.
“Except perhaps for eating 6 or 7 apples per day,” Levine Cava continued. “Let this swine have a long and happy life free from concern.”
This ceremony, either celebrating or rejecting the area's customary feast of feasting on pork during the holidays, was founded to emulate the yearly bird sparing at the White House.
The animal, provided by a Coral Gables firefighter, was named for the modern linguistic fad of young people shouting “6-7” – deriving from a hip-hop line – often for no discernable reason. The phrase became so widespread that a leading lexicon site recently made “six-seven” its 2025 word of the year.
A Peaceful Retirement
The pardoned swine is now destined to live out its days at a farm sanctuary “distant from barbecues and spits”, according to the ceremony's official statement.
“The pig pardon has become a cherished method to kick off the end-of-year celebrations,” said the event host, in a notably cheerful message.
“It embodies the character of Miami: joyful, varied, and based in heritage that unite the community. Each year, we are delighted to mark heritage and mercy in a way distinctively Miamian.”
Participants enjoyed a vegetarian menu of spinach fritters and cafecito as they marked the swine's new lease on life.
