Patrols boosted as dead pigs in creek hit 1,200
By Cai Wenjun |
March 11, 2013, Monday
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ANOTHER 300 or so dead pigs were retrieved from a creek in Songjiang District yesterday morning, making the total number of dead pigs removed from the creek more than 1,200 since last Friday.
The Songjiang District government said it has strengthened patrols on Hengliaojing Creek upstream in Zhejiang Province and found many floating carcasses. The district doubled the number of boats removing carcasses.
Ear tags on the dead pigs could not be made out but the Songjiang agricultural authorities said the dead pigs were likely from Pinghu in Zhejiang Province's Jiaxing City and some places in Jiangsu Province.
Shanghai collects dead pigs from farmers for biological treatment and farmers can receive some compensation for the loss. There is no such mechanism in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. The pig farmers there simply discard dead pigs in rivers, according to Jiaxing Daily.
Zhulin Village, which has the largest pig breeding program in Zhejiang Province, experienced many swine deaths this year. More than 10,000 pigs died in January, over 8,000 in February and more than 300 every day this month. It was not known if the dead pigs came from the village, the newspaper said.
The Songjiang Environmental Protection Bureau has started frequent checks on water quality since Friday. No water pollution has been detected.
The Songjiang District government said it has strengthened patrols on Hengliaojing Creek upstream in Zhejiang Province and found many floating carcasses. The district doubled the number of boats removing carcasses.
Ear tags on the dead pigs could not be made out but the Songjiang agricultural authorities said the dead pigs were likely from Pinghu in Zhejiang Province's Jiaxing City and some places in Jiangsu Province.
Shanghai collects dead pigs from farmers for biological treatment and farmers can receive some compensation for the loss. There is no such mechanism in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. The pig farmers there simply discard dead pigs in rivers, according to Jiaxing Daily.
Zhulin Village, which has the largest pig breeding program in Zhejiang Province, experienced many swine deaths this year. More than 10,000 pigs died in January, over 8,000 in February and more than 300 every day this month. It was not known if the dead pigs came from the village, the newspaper said.
The Songjiang Environmental Protection Bureau has started frequent checks on water quality since Friday. No water pollution has been detected.
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