South Korea Buries One Million Pigs Alive

South Korea has been heavily criticised for burying up to one million pigs alive as it grapples with a foot and mouth disease outbreak.

Since the first case of the disease was confirmed in November the country has embarked on a mass cull.
Foot and mouth disease affects all cloven hoofed animals such as pigs, cattle and goats, and any country that has cases of it is unable to export the animals' meat.
The South Korean government has so far refused to vaccinate pigs against the disease and is now slaughtering them in record numbers despite appeals to stop.
On January 4 in one area of Gangwon-Do, 33,900 pigs alone were destroyed, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) told Sky News Online that South Korea's actions contravene international guidelines.
Michele Danan from the organisation said: "Live vaccinations are the best route but if they do have to kill them we would prefer that they were at least slaughtered humanely."

The estimated cost of the cull so far is believed to have reached around £230m when a mass vaccination programme would have cost an estimated £63m.
Some animal rights campaigners have criticised the government for putting economic considerations ahead of animal welfare.
The Republic has begun inoculating cattle in some areas and the OIE reported on Thursday that sows and boars are starting to be vaccinated but only in a few locations.
It is believed the live burial of pigs began at Christmas and the figure is likely to climb far above the one million mark.
Joyce D'Silva, Director of Public Affairs for CIWF said: "Compassion in World Farming is appalled that the Republic of Korea is allegedly throwing pigs into pits and burying them alive.
"This is totally contrary to international guidelines on humane culling, which the Korean government endorsed five years ago.
"We urge the Korean government to end this horrendous practice at once and to ensure that, if animals are culled, this is done humanely."

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[f123raptor]

The alternative is a pandemic outbreak that would kill far more animals, more painfully with an immeasurable impact on food stocks leading to human starvation and death, particularly in the third world. To simply chalk this up to a lack of humanity is not only single-minded but furthermore, shows ignorance of the realities involved. To suggest this is simple cruelty is nothing short of convenient. This prevention makes for shocking video but it is far less gruesome than the alternative.

[IgnemAeternum]

It is cruel because they were buried alive, not because they were simply "killed". If they were sick, they could find an alternative way to end their lives and stop the disease. In a less painful way.

[TERRY72763]

@IgnemAeternum Yup your right! so send them the Money to isolate The remaining population of mammals, Test every one of them, pay all the workers..Oh Hire enough to do this Humongous, task Pay for the Man-hours involved, with the treatment of all mammals against the disease, Vaccinate the entire Country, "Yes You Can Get it Too"

And finally, to repay the debt this daunting task has created in their national economy.. in other words repay YOU Cause "your" gonna pay for it RIGHT?

[101waffelman]

all that bacon gone :(

[lixLassxil]

@ce69dude You're a discriminant asshole. If you watch the actual video, they are crying.

[CallMehSam]

@IgnemAeternum agreed

[Nightmare123456100]

shut the fuck up fucking american bitch

[ce69dude]

Most Asians are sick fucks

[lixLassxil]

Guys, If you actually knew what happened, they DID try to kill the pigs an alternate way with injections. The pigs didn't die, and they can't just go around slashing their throats all at once.

If they did that, it would take a lot long for them to kill the pigs. That means, it could possibly spread the disease even further. The Koreans had no choice but to bury the pigs. It doesn't look like they WANT to. They know the fastest way to do the job.

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

Gooks are the nastiest people on earth. Africans are a close second.

Slanty eyed cat meat eating fuks.

[swanskid1]

@Evilmike42 The word retard comes to mind so im just gonna asume that you have special needs of some sorts for your own sake!

[Haksorz]

Does anyone know how much it cost to KILL one million pigs before you bury them. Much cheaper and less human contact to just bury them.