That's actually quite sad. Pigs are suprisingly intelligent animals, and burning to death is a bad way for anything to have to go.
Yes it is.
The trooper really was confronted with a tragic situation.
No compassionate person enjoys seeing another living creature suffer so horribly.
Even the livestock that we slaughter for food,
or the undesirable varmints/vermin that we exterminate
should be dispatched as quickly and humanely as we can.
Nevertheless, we can't undo what's already been done,
and there's no sense in wasting good meat.
I agree.
:(