Chinese farmer claims diving pigs make tastier pork
A farmer has trained his pigs to dive in order to attract more visitors to his rural home in Hunan Province, China. Pig raiser Huang Deming has connected the animal's pen to a 10 foot high chute that is raised above a lake. From the age of one month the hogs are made to jump off the chute into the water below. The gruelling training regime sees the petrified porkies having to jump three times daily with Huang claiming he has made some take the plunge 30 times in one day. A pedometer is used to measure the progress of each pig, with the animal only being fed until they have taken over 2,000 steps and have exercised for an hour. 60 pigs have been trained to dive since last year at the farm in Guanshan Village, Ningxiang County. Not only has the strange exercise regime attracted inquisitive tourists, but it has also dramatically increased the value of the pigs. Huang says that his animals grow healthier and faster than usual, and that constant diving leads to the pork being extremely lean, selling three times as much as ordinary pigs. Fellow farmer Fan Rong explained that the acrobatic animals were attracting investors from around the area. "Our pigs look and taste better, and they are much sought after. And there are many people who have come to fix a time for purchase, and two heads of such pigs have been booked in advance," she said. China produces 46 million metric tones of pork a year, and consumes half the global output of pig meat, according to the OECD. This demand has been increasing rapidly over the past decade as the country's growing middle classes are consuming more and more meat. Written and presented by Alfred Joyner
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doesn't look like the pigs are being forced to jump , they seem to be enjoying it
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the comments are so funny.
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CHINA IS A DISGUSTING COUNTRY.
THEY DON'T RESPECT ANY ANIMAL RIGHTS.
IT'S ECONOMY ISN'T EXAMPLE FOR ANY COUNTRY -
their so cute
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pudranseeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! los qe obligan a ballos y tiernos cerditos a hacer eso!
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This is disgusting and cruel. Whoever participates or condones anything like this is savage and disgusting and deserves the same treatment thrown upon them. Throw them off a high tower before slaughtering them and serving them up. Maybe their meat will be more tender then, fucking disgusting. AND that doesn't even make sense, if anything stressing an animal out before killing it sends stress hormones into the meat that ruins the meat, idiots, sheer fucking idiots. I can't get over how disgusting this is, pigs are the sweetest most intelligent animals and human beings treat them like garbage, like meat. It's DISGUSTING. Shame.
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when pigs fly - i love IT
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disgusting racist discussion. Following the same logic, all Americans are Evil because of de-clawed/neutered cats
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WELL at least they are getting exercise and are being stimulated mentally and physically. Many farm animals are forced to live in cages where they evolve mentally disturbed behaviors such as biting on their own legs etc. this is not that bad in comparison to the treatment in most western slaughterhouses.
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Samma sak som hände på kaninerna! Asså detta är hemskt! HOPPAS ATT DE DÖR JÄVLIGA MÄNNISKORNA SKÄMS FÖR VAD DE HAR GJORT ASSÅ!
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The pigs are much more attractive than that ugly woman. Damn.
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Yes, maybe forcing them isn't the best thing, but does anyone even realize what bacon they're eating? These pigs at least have their tails. Regular pigs get them cut off and scorched because otherwise they get so bored they'll start chewing on each others tails, and having the infections treated is more expensive for the farmer...
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These morons don't "train" the pigs. They force them to do this unnatural feat. These morons are sinful beyond belief!!! I read every label on everything I buy and NEVER BUY ANYTHING from this nasty place. I used to think this was such a cool place until I became an adult and discovered their dirty little secret of torturing animals to make their meat more lean. Scum of the EARTH!!!
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@Marie Claire @Verde Luna
Why are you guys condemning all Chinese for the actions of one pig farmer? Perhaps people should condemn all Americans for what happens in slaughterhouses in the US, or Europeans for mislabeling horse meat? -
Many cancers are caused by eating animal protein you see in flesh, dairy and eggs etc. if we stopped that then you would see a dramatic decline is almost all cancers and other diseases. Check out the research done by scientists without any bias either way. Not the research funded by the dairy, meat and agri-business. As for research there isn't much evidence to show the positive effects of non human animal research results to humans, again check out the research for yourself :) xo
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DISGUSTING THIS CRAZY CHINESES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE WORST !! im just hoping they start eating human flesh very soon
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This is disgusting, but so is killing perfectly healthy animals for no good reason.
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That's so fucking wrong. Those Chinese owners should be banned for all that. Yes they need to be exercised, but why don't they just give nice, clean room for the pigs to move around.? They deserve respect. Even in USA... Or anywhere else!! Can people stop being INHUMANE and start using their brains!? Lets start to become normal and be bigger people. EVERYONE.!!
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stop you but your mustache you miscarriage, I think you only eat a large and no eggs in the pants when you rumpöbelst here with you nazi shit brainless plankton
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uhrm did you know why we are not allowed to visit slaughterhouses? oh you would wonder what WE do to animals. Asia is much more respectful to animals, just look at India (holy cow and elephant tell you anything?). Asia, meaning China especially, found their taste for meat recently, since their cuisine is largely vegeterian. Their middle classes try to imitate our way of life (we are the largest meat consumers, meaning US and EU), can you imagine? You are veery narrow-minded indeed
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