which war was triggered by shooting a pig

The war triggered by the shooting of a pig is called the "Pig War" of 1859. It was a confrontation between the United States and the United Kingdom over the border in the San Juan Islands, located between Vancouver Island (now part of Canada) and the Washington Territory (now part of the U.S.). The conflict started when an American farmer, Lyman Cutlar, shot a pig belonging to a British company that was rooting in his garden. This triggered a territorial dispute that escalated to the brink of war with military troops from both sides involved, but no actual combat or human casualties occurred. The incident is notable for how a seemingly minor event—the shooting of a pig—nearly caused a war between two major powers, but it was eventually resolved diplomatically without violence.