The Porcine Pardon: Hog Named 6-7 Pardoned by Miami-Dade Mayor.
While perhaps not at the same level as pardoning holiday birds, but the county's top official conducted a ceremonial pardon event this week by ritually sparing the life of a swine named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava performed the seasonal stunt at the Cuban-style Latin Cafe 2000 in the center of Miami’s iconic Little Havana neighborhood.
“This animal is guiltless. Clemency is justified for her. She has committed zero crimes,” Levine Cava said in a speech with clear references to the sheer volume of executive clemencies issued since the beginning of a second term in office.
“Except perhaps for eating half a dozen apples per day,” she went on. “Let this swine have a long and happy life without fear.”
This ceremony, either celebrating or rejecting the area's customary feast of feasting on pork during the holidays, was established to mirror the traditional fowl clemency at the White House.
The swine, contributed by a local firefighter, was given its name from the current slang trend of young people shouting “six seven” – deriving from a rap song lyric – often seemingly at random. The trend became so pervasive that a leading lexicon site recently declared “6-7” its 2025 word of the year.
A New Life
The pardoned swine is now set to enjoy its days at a farm sanctuary “away from grills and cookware”, according to the event’s official press release.
“The annual pig pardon has become a beloved tradition to begin the festive period,” said Eric Castellanos, in a decidedly positive message.
“It represents the essence of Miami: joyful, varied, and rooted in traditions that bring people together. Each year, we are delighted to mark tradition and kindness in a way distinctively Miamian.”
Participants enjoyed a vegetarian menu of croquettes and cafecito as they toasted the swine's new lease on life.
