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Monday, February 26, 2007
Print This Page Commerce Ministry to put a stop to piglet slaughter in public
THAILAND - The Commerce Ministry and the Livestock Development Department are to conduct a campaign urging swine breeders to stop killing piglets in public, a practice which is illegal.The two agencies have circulated a warning letter to breeders in Nakhon Pathom, who over the weekend killed hundreds of piglets in a public area in protest to the government over falling prices.
Internal Trade Department director-general Siripol Yodmuangcharoen said Monday that he had talked with Yukol Limlamthong, deputy permanent secretary of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, about the ministry taking legal action against the breeders.
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Source: The Nation
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