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| | ANIMAL PEOPLE Pigs blamed for Malaysian crisis APRIL 1999 |
 | | As March ended, nearly 3,000 Malaysian troops shot or gassed pigs in ditches, in districts where as many as 900 farmers allegedly left the animals to starve or roam. |
 | | Post-crisis, Malaysian pig farmers will strive to regain market share with depleted breeding stock, little cash, less credit, obsolescent facilities, angry neighbors, and––so far––no firm promise of compensation for the loss of their herds. |
 | | The Malaysian government in mid-March announced it would vaccinate 30,000 pig farmers and 262,500 children who live near pig farms against JE; vaccinate all pigs who are not killed; and fog pig farms with pesticides to kill JE-carrying culex mosquitoes. |
| www.animalpeoplenews.org /99/4/tsg.pigsblamed4.99.htm (2602 words) |
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