which war was triggered by the shooting of a pig?

The war triggered by the shooting of a pig is known as the "Pig War" of 1859. It was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain over the boundary dispute in the San Juan Islands, located between Vancouver Island (now Canada) and the Washington Territory (now U.S. state of Washington). The conflict started when an American farmer, Lyman Cutlar, shot a pig belonging to the British Hudson's Bay Company that had been rooting in his potato patch. This incident escalated tensions over territorial claims, leading to a military standoff, though no actual battles or human casualties occurred. The Pig War ended diplomatically without shots being fired beyond the one that killed the pig itself.