Butchers slaughter a huge black-haired pig.
Date: 05-Sep-05
Country: Taiwan
Author: Richard Chung
Photo: Richard Chung
About 700 pigs are force-fed to gargantuan proportions every year to take part in such competitions, a traditional religoius practice that has come under fire from animal rights groups who say the breeding and slaughter methods are inhumane. Picture taken August 24, 2005. To match feature Life-Taiwan-Pigs.
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