Unethical treatment of Pigs in Egypt

Egypt ordered the killing of 250 thousand pigs to prevent the swine flu epidemic in Egypt. The swine flu has affected every country around the world. But there is a difference in the killing of pigs compared to the slaughter of pigs. Pigs are "being killed in extremely inhumane ways ... We request that all slaughter be ceased until guidelines can be put in place to regulate the killing," People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said in a letter to the Egyptian government. All of this was discovered after an Egyptian civilian posted disgusting and unethical killing of pigs. Although no case of A(H1N1) swine flu has yet been detected on its territory, Egypt is the only country in the world to have decided to kill all its pigs, estimated to have numbered around 250,000 before the cull began. You can watch the unethical treamtent here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMIlw7rCSc&feature=related

One clip posted by independent newspaper Al-Masri Al-Yom showed gory images of pigs being beaten with iron bars, piglets being stabbed with kitchen knives and animals being kicked alive into bulldozer buckets. The clip sparked horrified reactions from Muslims and from the Christian Copt community, who are the main rearers of pigs in Egypt as Muslims do not eat pork. The slaughter caused controversy from its start on May 3, when riot police clashed with stone-throwing pig farmers trying to prevent their animals from being taken away.The authorities have said it will take six months to complete the slaughter and announced plans to import three machines to boost culling capacity to 3,000 animals a day. It is sad how Egypt can slaughter so many pigs with knives, kicked alive and even pouring them into bulldozer buckets.