The Creole pigs in Haiti represented much more to the Haitian farmer than just a livestock. When in 1979, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) , convinced the Haitian government to exterminate all pigs in Haiti, that decision took away a way of life to many Haitian families. That was a classical example of a government that was not in touch with its people and did not know how a major sector of its population was living.

Haitian pigs was the way that most Haitian farmers invest for tomorrow. These pigs would be sold to send children to school, pay for wedding or funerals. Because it did not require much to maintain them, it was easy for a family to have a few Creole pigs in the neighborhood until the need arises to sell them.

In 1979, there was a fair that a African swine fever that was detected in the Dominican Republic could easily cross the border and infect the pigs in Haiti. These pigs were replaced by a more sophisticated pigs coming from the United States. These U.S. pigs has a nick name "Grimelle" and were more expensive to maintain. The eradication of the Creole pigs was also the star of the decline in farming and a migration of Haitian farmer into major Haitian cities