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May 21st, 2009, 04:06 AM
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jc_pijXYi6E50wDepameI2ZTf9iAD988SVJG0
Google News. May 19, 2009.
Egypt criticized for 'inhumane' killing of pigs.
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF
CAIRO (AP) — A leading animal rights group criticized Egypt on
Monday for using "shocking and cruel" methods to slaughter the
country's pigs over swine flu fears, responding to a YouTube
video that showed men skewering squealing piglets with large
kitchen knives and hitting others with crowbars.
The controversy was the latest swirling around Egypt's
decision to kill all the country's 300,000 pigs out of
concerns they will spread swine flu. But the World Health
Organization has said it is entirely unnecessary because the
illness is being spread through humans...
The latest troubles started after the independent Al-Masry
Al-Youm newspaper posted the video showing men standing in the
backs of trucks, killing pigs with knives and crowbars and
tossing them in front of a bulldozer. The piles of bleeding
bodies, some of them still moving, were then transferred to
larger trucks, which took them to the desert to be buried in
Qalyoubiya province, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of
Cairo.
Mohammed Fathi el-Mugharbel, a government official supervising
the operation, was shown in the video saying some of the pigs
were sprayed with chemicals to paralyze and kill them before
being buried...
Both Muslim and Christian lawmakers supported the government
late last month when it issued its order to kill the country's
pigs, even though no swine flu cases have been reported...
The head of the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends, Ahmed
el-Sherbini, said in a statement published Monday in
Al-Dustour newspaper that some of the pigs were being buried
alive...
Google News. May 19, 2009.
Egypt criticized for 'inhumane' killing of pigs.
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF
CAIRO (AP) — A leading animal rights group criticized Egypt on
Monday for using "shocking and cruel" methods to slaughter the
country's pigs over swine flu fears, responding to a YouTube
video that showed men skewering squealing piglets with large
kitchen knives and hitting others with crowbars.
The controversy was the latest swirling around Egypt's
decision to kill all the country's 300,000 pigs out of
concerns they will spread swine flu. But the World Health
Organization has said it is entirely unnecessary because the
illness is being spread through humans...
The latest troubles started after the independent Al-Masry
Al-Youm newspaper posted the video showing men standing in the
backs of trucks, killing pigs with knives and crowbars and
tossing them in front of a bulldozer. The piles of bleeding
bodies, some of them still moving, were then transferred to
larger trucks, which took them to the desert to be buried in
Qalyoubiya province, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of
Cairo.
Mohammed Fathi el-Mugharbel, a government official supervising
the operation, was shown in the video saying some of the pigs
were sprayed with chemicals to paralyze and kill them before
being buried...
Both Muslim and Christian lawmakers supported the government
late last month when it issued its order to kill the country's
pigs, even though no swine flu cases have been reported...
The head of the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends, Ahmed
el-Sherbini, said in a statement published Monday in
Al-Dustour newspaper that some of the pigs were being buried
alive...