The war triggered by the shooting of a pig is called the Pig War. It was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the disputed British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands. The conflict began when an American settler, Lyman Cutlar, shot a pig that was rooting in his garden and eating his potatoes. The pig belonged to an Irishman employed by the British Hudson's Bay Company, which led to escalating tensions between the two countries. Despite military buildup on both sides, no actual shots were fired in the conflict other than the one that killed the pig, making it a war without human casualties. The dispute was eventually resolved through diplomacy.
