Scientists create glow-in-the-dark pigs

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 14:21

Scientists in China have used jellyfish DNA to create glow-in-the-dark piglets that emit a fluorescent green light.

Italian mafia boss fed alive to pigs by rival clan

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 14:08

Francesco Raccosta, a mafia boss in Italy, was beaten with iron rods by a rival clan and later thrown at sly for pigs to eat him alive.

European hunter-gatherers reared pigs even in 4600BC

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 11:57

A new research suggests that European hunter-gatherers acquired domesticated pigs from nearby farmers as early as 4600BC.

Oink Oink! No five-star morsels for Goa pigs

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 12:18

Pigs reared in Goa will no longer get to eat the choicest leftovers from five-star hotels.

Ryan Gosling wants better conditions for farmed pigs

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 14:23

`The Notebook` star Ryan Gosling has written an open letter urging officials in his native Canada to improve conditions for caged breeding pigs.

Centre for sealing border with Myanmar to prevent PRRS

Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 19:15

Centre says north eastern states, Manipur and Mizoram, should seal border with Myanmar so swine fever, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), infected pigs were not imported to India.

DC`s asked to issue prohibitory orders banning pig import

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 18:27

Mizoram Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department has asked all the deputy commissioners of the districts adjoining Myanmar to issue prohibitory orders banning import of pigs from that country.

Over 12,000 dead pigs fished out of rivers in China

Last Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 19:31

Bodies of over 12,000 dead pigs have been retrieved so far from the main waterbodies of China`s financial hub, Shanghai, and neighbouring Jiaxing.

Number of dead pigs in and near Shanghai goes to 11,955

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 19:36

The number of dead pigs retrieved from waters in and near China`s financial hub of Shanghai has reached nearly 12,000.

Chinese pig farm admits dumping corpses into river

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 21:33

A Chinese pig farm has admitted to dumping thousands of pigs into the Huangpu River, contaminating the main source of drinking water for millions of residents in of Shanghai, the country`s largest metropolis.

46 convicted in China for selling diseased pigs meat

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 17:43

Amid concerns over thousands of carcasses of pigs clogging Shanghai river, a court in China`s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday convicted 46 people involved in processing and selling meat from diseased pigs.

Dead pigs continue to flood Shanghai river

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 20:05

Nearly 6,000 dead pigs have been found in Shanghai`s Huangpu river, a key source of drinking water for millions of residents in China`s largest metropolis, as the carcasses continued to clog the water body.