Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has ordered the culling of almost two thousand pigs after confirming a second case of African ...

More than 900 pigs are set to be culled in Hong Kong after authorities detected the presence of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) in animals at a licensed farm in the New Territories district.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, hard hit by the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, is considering culling hundreds of thousands of pigs as a precautionary measure as swine flu nears the borders of the most ...

* Egypt pig cull over flu fears fuels sectarian tensions * Most pigs owned by marginalised garbage collectors * Egypt long wanted to remove pigs from urban areas By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO, May 12 ...

Feral pigs have spread across Australia. The latest numbers show that feral pig populations are present across 45% of the country’s landmass. Ecosystem destruction is rampant due to feral pigs in ...

Almost 34,000 pigs at 12 farms in the northern Italian region of Lombardy have been culled to counter the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a spokesperson for the region said on Wednesday. Lombardy ...

BERLIN (AP) — A pig farm in northern Germany began culling all of its 4,000 animals Wednesday after a case of African swine fever was confirmed there. The outbreak near Guestrow, about 185 kilometers ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine agriculture chief said Monday that an unspecified number of pigs has died or been culled in backyard farms in recent weeks and a crisis team has been ...

HONG KONG, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Hong Kong has ordered the culling of almost two thousand pigs after confirming a second case of African swine fever (ASF) in a month. The Agriculture, Fisheries and ...