Heavy Damage To Pig Skin Industry In Flooded Pig Farms

Core tip: over 1000 pigs have been drowned in Qiaotou town, Dongguan. The pig farmers said that the flood rushed through the two gaps of the dyke, overflowing the pigsty, and the pigs first swam and then drowned. This heavy water has also brought huge losses to the pigskin industry in Guangdong. On the morning of the 16 morning, a dead car of a car was pulled out and buried, and the hard work and hope of the pig farmers were buried. According to statistics from Qiaotou town government, the number of pigs drowned was 550 at 12 noon the day before yesterday, and the total number of dead pigs had exceeded 1000 the day before yesterday afternoon and yesterday morning. In June 13th, the torrential rain in Qiaotou, Qiaotou town, Dongguan, made it a vast ocean. The flood rushed through the two gaps of the dyke and passed through the pigsty. Over ten years *, a dozen pig farms that have been formed over the years have suffered heavy losses. "Over 400 people are sold, and now there are only 50 left." Wu Yu Bi, who drove to the pig farm in the water, sighed repeatedly. Chen tou, the head of the government office of Qiaotou town government, told reporters that the compensation is still being studied. Yesterday morning, reporters drove to Qiaotou town of Dongguan, and when they found the Ngau Tau Wo, the policemen at the intersection were wearing masks to direct traffic. A tractor carrying a dead pig came out of it, a dead pig lying on the back of the tractor lying on the back, and the air was stinking. The reason is: the flood washed the pig farm into "reservoir" reporter observation, the entire pig farm terrain is relatively low, the surrounding dam will be surrounded here into a basin. Pig farmers told reporters gloomily that the flood came in from the two breach of the back dam. The water was too big. After entering the basin, the flood did not export, and the water level became higher and higher. The pig farm became a reservoir. Reporters saw that the two crests were about 4 meters wide. "If we could open a dam at the dam next time, we wouldn't be so miserable." One of the pig farmers told reporters that if the dam was released, the factories in the mountains and villages would be submerged. "Let the flood go out and flood factories and villages. That's not going to work." Pig farmer Chen said. The only thing he felt relieved was that a lot of people came from the government departments, and they did a good job in disinfection. Recently, the market of Dongguan's pigskin is very tight. Many businesses are making ready to stock up, and the price of pig skin is rising. With the unexpected rainstorm and flood, the pigskin industry in Dongguan has been hit hard. At present, there is no statistics on the specific losses of pigskin tanning industry.