In early March 2013 over 16,000 dead pigs were found in the Shanghai Songjiang section of the Huangpu River, which supplies the city of Shanghai, China with some of its drinking water. [1] [2] The pigs were dumped by farmers in neighbouring Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, a major pig farming area that is upstream of Shanghai. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Mar 25, 2013 · Earlier this month, locals spotted what would prove to be the first of a plague of dead pigs floating down the Huangpu River in Shanghai, which supplies drinking water to the metropolis. The pig...

Mar 13, 2013 · A Chinese farm admitted to dumping dead pigs into Huangpu River, which had about 6,000 bloated carcasses pulled from its water this week, state media reported.

Mar 26, 2013 · Chinese officials have fished more than 16,000 pig carcasses from the Huangpu River, from which more than one in five Shanghai residents draw their drinking water.

Mar 14, 2013 · For many Chinese, this bizarre incident, complete with graphic pictures and video of pig carcasses bobbing in garbage-choked waterways, deepens their worries about the appalling state of...

Mar 20, 2013 · Workers have been pulling dead pigs from rivers that supply Shanghai with drinking water for the past 11 days, sparking alarm on internet chat sites. Correspondents say that the carcasses are...

Apr 2, 2013 · As March spills into April, the "dead animals in Chinese rivers" toll seems to have stabilized: recent reports indicate that the over 16,000 dead pigs have been joined by 1,000 dead ducks and,...

Fishermen, scientists and green campaigners have joined forces to prevent the rare Yangtze finless porpoise from disappearing from Dongting Lake in Central China.

Feb 24, 2019 · ‍ Hailed a "river pig" by some locals, the Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese paintings was depicted with a pig face and a fish body. Having lived on earth for over 25 million years, this species of porpoise with its iconic smile will possibly be extinct in just 10 years, experts predict. ‍

Dec 21, 2013 · The creatures are colloquially called "river pigs" because they used to be as ubiquitous as swine. The porpoises known for their "smiling" visages were declared critically endangered this year.