The Porcine Pardon: Hog Named Six Seven Pardoned by Miami-Dade Leader.
It might not have been at the same level as granting clemency to Thanksgiving turkeys, but the mayor of Miami-Dade experienced a ceremonial pardon event this week by formally pardoning the life of a pig named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava executed the holiday gesture at the Cuban-style Latin Cafe 2000 in the center of Miami’s iconic Little Havana neighborhood.
“This pig is innocent. Clemency is justified for her. She has committed zero crimes,” declared Levine Cava in a speech with inescapable allusions to the extraordinary and sizable number of pardons issued from the start of the beginning of a new presidential term.
“Unless you count eating 6 or 7 apples per day,” she went on. “May this pig enjoy a long and happy life without fear.”
This ceremony, simultaneously observing and challenging the local cultural practice of consuming swine during the holidays, was established to mirror the annual turkey pardoning at the White House.
The animal, contributed by a first responder, was named for the modern linguistic fad of young people exclaiming “six seven” – deriving from a rap song lyric – often without clear purpose. The craze became so widespread that a leading lexicon site recently declared “six-seven” its 2025 word of the year.
A Future Secured
Six Seven the pig is now scheduled to spend its days at a rural sanctuary “away from grills and cookware”, according to the ceremony's official statement.
“This swine clemency has become one of our favorite ways to kick off the end-of-year celebrations,” said the event host, in a notably cheerful message.
“It represents the character of Miami: happy, varied, and rooted in traditions that bring people together. Each year, we are honored to observe heritage and mercy in a way distinctively Miamian.”
Attendees enjoyed a vegetarian menu of spinach croquetas and Cuban coffee as they toasted the pig's pardon.
