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Pig carcasses now found in Hubei river

AROUND 50 pig carcasses were today discovered in a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China Central Television reported.

Some of the bodies were highly decomposed, said the report.

The carcasses were spotted floating near Wulong Village.

The local government has launched an investigation and dispatched officials to the scene.

The news has attracted much public attention as it follows the discovery of thousand of dead pigs in Shanghai's Huangpu River, a branch of the Yangtze.

By late yesterday, almost 6,000 pig carcasses had been fished out of the river and an investigation into where they came from is ongoing.

 

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