Article 53D98 Animals Farmed: Meat plant virus outbreaks, China's cattle imports and Amazon forest fires

Animals Farmed: Meat plant virus outbreaks, China's cattle imports and Amazon forest fires

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Tom Levitt
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US senators have called for pork producers to be given financial assistance to ensure the humane euthanization and disposal" of up to 7 million pigs that could be left on-farm due to the high number of meat processing plants in the country either temporarily shut down, or having to slow down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The disposal of farm animals could also have serious consequences for air and drinking water.

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