According to Hunan Economic TV Station, a transfer station for pigs fed pigs mud to increase their weight in Xiangtan, Hunan Province.

Pigs are sent to the transfer station at about 3:30 p.m..

The transfer station is located in a remote area in Yangjiaqiao Town, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province. A few hundred of pigs were sent to this transfer station at about 3 p.m. every day, then, after about two hours, screams from the pigs were heard by nearby residents.

The illegal pedlars used a pump to feed the pigs mud. It took only two minutes to fill a pig with mud. The pigs screamed during the entire process and some pigs collapsed afterwards.

Each pig can gain as much as 20 kilograms. According to the current market price of 11 yuan (US$1.6) per kilo, buyers can lose 220 yuan on each mud-filled pig. If a buyer purchases 50 pigs, then more than ten thousand yuan will be wasted. It costs only 10 yuan to fill each pig.

Officials from Xiangtan Animal Husbandry and Fishery Bureau investigated the transfer after receiving reports from the media. Some illegal pedlars have been arrested and the pigs have been seized.

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