They are called pig hotels and are skyscrapers where thousands of pigs are kept. Intensive breeding which, although costing more than a traditional structure, allows to save soil, all clearly to the detriment of the animals.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himThey are called pig hotels and they are skyscrapers where thousands of pigs are kept. Intensive breeding which, although costing more than a traditional structure, allows to save soil, all clearly to the detriment of the animals.
Many Chinese farms are already experimenting with pig hotels despite the country's meat industry having been in decline for nearly a decade. In particular, the company Guangxi Yangxiang is already building this type of plant on Mount Yaji in southern China.
In the coming months, the 13-story structure will be the tallest of its kind in the world and will be built near the river port of Guigang. It will accommodate well 30 thousand sows on average, on just 11 hectares of occupied space. And from there, another 840 animals will be born.
This type of farming had also been tried in Europe, but without success, in China, however, they are ready to go all the way and although the cost is high, according to the investors, the expense will be offset by the saving of space and soil. Each floor is managed separately and the ventilation is independent. Sows and piglets move with elevators to an assigned level and stay there, all stacked together.
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Even the risk of safety and hygiene does not seem to worry farmers. What will happen with so many animals under one roof? The Asian market does not care because there is a business of millions of euros at stake.Yaji Mountain seems an unlikely place for such a large farm, but the push of Beijing to produce more meat together with the proximity to the river port of Guigang, become a tempting investment.
As we said, Europe had said no to these skyscrapers for two reasons: on the one hand, the population had opposed intensive farming, on the other hand, the high costs and the risk of epidemics that would force the culling of all animals were a source of concern. .
Photo: REUTERS / Thomas Suen
Photo: REUTERS / Thomas Suen
But China wants to try this by establishing that there are no risks: animals move with elevators and ventilation is designed to keep air from circulating to other floors.
A real horror. We didn't really need it. Neither did the pigs.
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Dominella Trunfio
Photo cover: REUTERS / Thomas Suen
