Guest guest Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Malaysia culls pigs after complaints - The Sun September 04 2007 at 11:21AM Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia began culling about 50 000 pigs in southern Malacca state on Tuesday after complaints about the stench and pollution the animals had caused, officials said, but denied there had been a disease outbreak. Ethnic Chinese in multiracial Malaysia relish pork, but the country's majority Muslim population frowns on consumption of the meat. " The operation has started and within 12 hours they have to slaughter close to 50 000 pigs, " said a veterinary department official in the administrative capital of Putrajaya. " I think many farms were operating without proper licences and local people were complaining about the smell and water pollution. " Malacca does not want to emerge as Malaysia's biggest pig producer, with a swine population estimated at 160 000, state chief minister Mohamad Ali Rustam said last month, according to media reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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