dead pigs

137 dead pigs were fished from Ganjiang River on March 18, in a repeat of last year, where thousands of pigs were found floating through the Huangpu River in Shanghai.

Thieves are stealing dead pigs for duck feed and the pork black market, and pigs are often fed poultry droppings, according to two separate reports.

Three people in China have died from a virulent new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, which may be linked to the thousands of dead pigs recently dumped in a river.

The people of China have been watching closely the spectacle of the last few weeks of 16,000 dead pigs floating to Shanghai on the Huangpu River. Official accounts of why this is happening don’t add up. In fact, these dead pigs are just an indicator of how things are done in China.

Some local residents conducted their own tests, publishing an unofficial report showing the water quality in Shanghai as heavily polluted.