Number of pigs in Shanghai river rises to 7,545
AP Mar 15, 2013, 02.30PM IST The number of dead pigs found in a Shanghai river that provides drinking water to the Chinese financial hub has risen to 7,545, after local authorities retrieved 944 more pigs Thursday.
Chinese mainland pork exports in the first four months of this year declined sharply due largely to mounting pig raising cost according to figures from the General Administration of Customs, which stated that in the period January to April, mainland China exported 24,000 tonnes of pork, a decrease of nearly 55% compared with the same period last year.