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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Young female pigs stand in a pen at a hog farm in Smithville, Ohio, U.S.
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    Opinion: Livestock Farmers, Without Options, Turn To Euthanasia

    May 16, 2020
    With meat packing plants and supply lines disrupted by the coronavirus, hog farmers are having to euthanize animals that were intended for food.
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    The Salt
    Ryan Childress (left), Dominion Energy's director of gas business development, and Kraig Westerbeek, an executive at pork producer Smithfield Foods, stand on a plastic-covered manure pond in North Carolina.
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    Big Companies Bet On Cleaner Power From Pig Poop Ponds

    Nov 22, 2019
    Two large companies plan to capture natural gas from manure-filled ponds, turning it into clean, climate-saving energy. But some neighbors just want the ponds gone.
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    World
    A wild boar at at an enclosure set up by forest rangers in a northwestern district of Berlin in 2017. Denmark is building a $12 million fence in an effort to keep out wild boars from Germany.
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    To Keep African Swine Fever Out, Denmark Is Planning A Southern Boar(der) Fence

    Jan 27, 2019
    The 40-mile fence is being built to protect Denmark's $5 billion pig industry from possible infection by wild boars. But critics doubt the fence will work, and warn it may adversely affect wildlife.
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    The Salt
    Josh Davis tends to his hog herd on his farm in Pocahontas, Ill. Once a popular breed, there are now only a few hundred American mulefoot hogs left.
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    Illinois Farmers Put Rare Pig Back On Dinner Table To Save It From Extinction

    Oct 31, 2018
    The American mulefoot hog was once popular, but began to die out in favor of fast-growing breeds suited to confinement. But some farmers hope to renew interest in the hogs — by getting them on menus.
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    Goats and Soda
    Farmer Gao Yongfei owns a herd of 5,500 pigs in the town of Yueqing, in China's southeastern Zhejiang province. Farms near his have lost hundreds of pigs to the African swine fever.
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    A Deadly Virus Threatens Millions Of Pigs In China

    Sep 13, 2018
    In August, cases of African swine fever began cropping up. Can China bring it under control?
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    Goats and Soda
    Piglets suckling on a farm in Guangdong province in southeast China, where the virus struck.
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    A Novel Virus Killed 24,000 Piglets In China. Where Did It Come From?

    Apr 04, 2018
    At first, tests were positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Then something strange happened. The pigs stopped testing positive for that virus — but kept getting sick.
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    The Salt
    The genetically modified low-fat piglets
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    CRISPR Bacon: Chinese Scientists Create Genetically Modified Low-Fat Pigs

    Oct 23, 2017
    Scientists have used CRISPR, a new gene-editing technique, to create pigs that can keep their bodies warmer, burning more fat to produce leaner meat.
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    The Two-Way
    Anita Krajnc speaks onstage during a 2016 Humane Society event in Hollywood, Calif.
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    Canadian Court Clears Activist Who Gave Water To Pigs

    May 04, 2017
    The case against Anita Krajnc, who founded the animal rights group Toronto Pig Save, has garnered international attention. She faced the possibility of jail time and thousands of dollars in fines.
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    Goats and Soda
    A butcher prepares cuts of meat for customers at a market in Klang. Between 1970 and the late 1990s, Malaysia's pork industry exploded. The pig population tripled to more than 3 million. After the government killed 1 million pigs, the industry nearly col
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    A Taste For Pork Helped A Deadly Virus Jump To Humans

    Feb 25, 2017
    People were dropping dead in Malaysia, and no one could figure out why their brains were swelling. A young scientist solved the mystery. Then he had to get people to believe him.
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    The Salt
    Researchers set up cameras in the wild in Texas to confirm that their test for pig DNA corresponded to visits by actual wild pigs.
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    Scientists Get Down And Dirty With DNA To Track Wild Pigs

    Feb 07, 2017
    Wild hogs inflict $1.5 billion in damage on U.S. property each year. But biologists can now track the elusive animals via tiny bits of DNA the swine leave behind in puddles and ponds.
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    The Two-Way
    A screenshot from the video of the incident posted by Toronto Pig Save, which shows Anita Krajnc giving water to pigs bound for the slaughterhouse.
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    Animal Rights Activist On Trial In Canada For Giving Water To Pigs

    Aug 26, 2016
    Anita Krajnc is facing charges of criminal mischief because she gave water to pigs bound for the slaughterhouse. If convicted, she could be sentenced to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.
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    Las Vegas Bans Sale Of Animals From Puppy Mills

    Jan 07, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas City Council is banning the sale of animals from so-called "puppy mills," or breeders who raise a large number of animals for sale, often in unpleasant conditions.

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    Goats and Soda
    The antibiotic resistant bacteria have been found in pigs, pork and people in China. This pig is from a farm on the outskirts of Beijing.
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    E. Coli Bacteria Can Transfer Antibiotic Resistance To Other Bacteria

    Nov 20, 2015
    Reports from China show that E. coli bacteria are increasingly resistant to the antibiotic of last resort — and can pass that resistance on to other strains of bacteria.
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    The Salt
    Young pigs stare out of a pen at a hog farm in North Dakota. In coming months, consumers will start to see a new label on some packages of pork: Produced "without the use of ractopamine."
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    A Muscle Drug For Pigs Comes Out Of The Shadows

    Aug 14, 2015
    The USDA is allowing a pork retailer, for the first time, to label products as raised with "no ractopamine." It may lead to pressure on farmers to stop using the muscle-promoting drug.
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    The Salt
    A hog facility in Duplin County, N.C. discharges waste into a manure lagoon, April 2015.
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    Why The Pig Is The Most Loved And Most Loathed Animal On The Plate

    Jul 20, 2015
    As long as pigs have existed, humans have weighed desire for their meat against disgust for how the animals lived and what they ate. Today we have fresh cause for worry about how pigs are living.
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    The Salt
    <strong>Pork chop epiphany:</strong> Author Barry Estabrook says he was inspired to write <em>Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat<strong> </strong></em>after eating a heritage pork chop from a pig that had been raised on pasture.
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    'Tales' Of Pig Intelligence, Factory Farming And Humane Bacon

    May 05, 2015
    Journalist Barry Estabrook wanted to know more about the animal and its journey from the farm to his plate. In a new book, he explores the dichotomies of the industry that's raising our pork chops.
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    The Salt
    A sow nurses her piglets in a farrowing crate in an Elite Pork Partnership hog confinement building in Carroll, Iowa, in 2009.
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    Chipotle's Pulled Pork Highlights Debate Over Sow Welfare

    Jan 19, 2015
    Wondering why your local Chipotle is no longer serving pork? It's because a big supplier was housing pigs in confined quarters. But there's debate about whether that's really worse for the animals.
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