Russian Father has custody of Child. Russian Mother is required to pay child support for Child.

Mother falls several thousand dollars behind in child support.

Russian family court designates Mother’s pig as an asset to be seized and sold to pay down Mother’s child support obligation if Mother does not pay her past due child support.

Mother apparently does not wish her child support arrears to be brought current.

So Mother, with some help from her friends, … eats the pig. It seemed like a clever option to Mother at the time.

Now, maybe not so much.

Mother is under arrest for embezzling seized property. Mother faces up to two years confinement in prison.

Read more in this Moscow Times article: Russian Woman Eats Her Pig to Avoid Paying Child Support