Guest guest Posted November 13, 2000 Report Share Posted November 13, 2000 Monday November 13 12:40 AM ET Concerns Over High-Rise Pig Farming By JEROME SOCOLOVSKY, Associated Press Writer THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Some critics are calling it a concentration camp for animals, and saying that the agriculture minister who endorsed the idea has gone crazy. The concept that has stirred Dutch passions is high-rise farming. Opponents say the mammoth, six-story ``Agropark'' of pig pens, chicken coops, salmon tanks, mushroom beds and a greenhouse - is symptomatic of their country's transformation into a Frankenstein of high-tech agriculture. ``When the farmer no longer goes into the fields where he knows his pigs, but to a factory where the pigs are packed together by the thousands, with all the dangers of disease, we are really headed in the wrong direction,'' said Maaike Wermer of the Animal Protection Society. For the rest of the story, see http://dailynews./h/ap/20001113/wl/swine_city_1.html -- Free email services provided by http://www.goodkarmacafe.com Powered by Outblaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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