As the United States new coronal epidemic situation is increasingly grim, all trades and professions gets great influence. According to on May 15 " daily Post " report, shut as a result of what epidemic situation creates a meat-packing plant, american pig farming people will be forced to be in euthanasia will be carried out to amounting to pig of 10 million first-born before the middle ten days of a month in September, in order to avoid excessive jam. The dead pig body that form a pile is here, on the goods shelves of the supermarket there criterion absolutely empty.
According to the report, from April first since, 181 meat-packing plants of American already had case of diagnose of 14 thousand new coronals, cause 54 workers death. The flesh of each district kind food processing factory because of this shut in succession, this one circumstance brings about hog slaughter and treatment capacity acute to decrease directly, the pork of 40% is packed produce can also by unused, each unripe pork of big supermarket and fleshy products ask for emergency help one after another for goods, the absolutely empty on goods shelves.
On the other hand, american pig farming people face had blossommed by tens of thousands the live pig that gives column is fraught. Show according to data of council of American pork producer, at present everyday 170 thousand pigs cannot be sent treatment of processing factory butcher, but find a place for without enough space however all pigs. This organization says, in September euthanasia is being carried out to 10 million pigs before the middle ten days of a month is current exclusive and humane alternative, because of the pig people can be brought up quickly in crawl, too they are met when jam " cannibalism " , mutual attack is congener.
56 years old orchid Di Weiertezema (Randy Weirtsema) come from a Minnesota to help city of assorted Mo Er, it is the 3rd generation pig farming, have 15 thousand pigs, he says when accepting media to interview, 280 pounds are normally when live pig is sent shambles directly (make an appointment with 127kg) the left and right sides, if the pig grows too greatly, they get hurt because of overweighting very easily.
Randy says: "Every carry out euthanasia to a pig, the farmer is met loss 150 dollars (make an appointment with 1065RMB) . From each levels for, this is a kind of waste, we raise a pig have a reason, it is to provide food to people, is not their euthanasia " .
To help pig farming people handle live pig, the JBS processing factory that already closed arranged more than 10 employee, the live pig to delivering executes euthanasia. According to the report, these pigs are closed in the case that close, next to among them infuse carbon dioxide, make they lose consciousness inside a few minutes, this is painless, their whats do not feel, basically be asleep gone.
Be come out by carry by the live pig of euthanasia as one car vehicle, around bury place, dead pig accumulation is like hill, bad smell diffuses in air, fly buzzing flitter. It is reported, the Minnesota just was updated in April " animal body deals with directive standard " , the processing bury of all bodies must be mixed in committee of state government official, animal prevent those who pollute committee to supervise next undertaking, cause pollution in order to prevent to environment and fountainhead.
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