Ecuadorean security forces have confiscated pigs, fighting cocks, and more than two dozen bladed weapons, among other items, from a high-security wing of Bellavista prison in the city of Santo Domingo, the country’s military said on Friday. Police and operatives of the SNAI prison authority were shown wheeling out two pigs from the prison in…
Going Whole-Hog: Meet the 2 Friends Teaching the Ultimate Do-It-Yourself, Pasture-to-Plate Experience
Every hog butchering performed by Doug Wharton and Andy Lane of Hand Hewn Farm begins the same way. They start in the early morning, when the mist still clings to the grass. There is no chaos, none of the nervous energy that makes both hog and butcher unsteady. This constructed calm also settles the nerves…
Biden Admin Spends Tax Dollars on Studies to Train Pigs, Dolphins to Play Video Games: Joni Ernst
March 13, 2023
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Federal officials at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved three separate grants to fund experiments seeking to determine whether pigs on the farm and dolphins in the ocean can be trained to play video games, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “Call it SwineCraft. Pigs were trained to play…
Woman Charged After 1,000 Pigs Found Dead at Iowa Site
SAC CITY, Iowa—An Iowa woman is facing criminal charges after more than 1,000 pigs were found dead on a property. KCCI-TV reports that the Sac County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call Thursday and found the animals dead at two confinement sites. Authorities say 33-year-old Elana Laber was responsible for maintaining the sites. The sheriff’s…
Japanese Encephalitis Detected at Three South Australian Piggeries
Japanese encephalitis has been detected at three more South Australian (SA) piggeries, bringing the total number of cases in SA to four. According to a Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) media release on Thursday, the detections were in the local government areas of Murray Bridge, Coorong, Loxton, and Waikerie. South Australia’s Chief…
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Actor Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from the talk show The View. It comes after she argued the Holocaust was not about race. The co-host has since apologized. Senators on the Judiciary Committee are considering three of President Joe Biden’s nominees for a federal district judge. What are some of the Senators concerned about? And…
Why Pigs Don’t Get Sick From the Coronavirus
Researchers may have uncovered an important clue that sheds light on why pigs don’t get sick when exposed to the coronavirus. Studies since the start of the pandemic have noted that pigs can be infected by the virus if exposed to high doses, but the infection is self-limited and pigs don’t show clinical signs of…
Dominican Republic to Kill Thousands of Pigs Over Swine Fever Outbreak
SANTO DOMINGO—The Dominican Republic will slaughter tens of thousands of pigs after detecting outbreaks of African swine fever in 11 of the country’s 32 provinces, authorities said on Monday. Fernando Duran, administrator of the state-run Banco Agricola, told a news conference the government will pay pig farmers the market price of each animal slaughtered. Announcement…
Bacon May Disappear in California as Pig Rules Take Effect
August 2, 2021
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items—bacon—hard to…
Fresh African Swine Fever Outbreak Hits China’s Xinjiang
China’s agriculture ministry on April 5 reported an outbreak of African swine fever in the Xinjiang region, marking the third occasion the region spotted cases since February. The outbreak occurred on a farm with 599 pigs under Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a state-owned economic and paramilitary entity under U.S. sanctions over human rights abuses…
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