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Breeders told to move out pigs [1]

April 30: As swine flu panic gripped the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has served notice to pig breeders to take their animals away from human habitations.
The city has over three dozen pig breeding centres and a swine population of 20,000. Pigs are reared mainly by the Erukala community as a livelihood.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Animal Care [3], Animal Diseases [4], Pigs [5], Influenza [6]
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