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Pig owners outraged over Egypt's decision to slaughter all beasts http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1241202631
EGYPT has ordered the immediate cull of all pigs in the country as a precaution against swine flu - the first such move in the world.
"It has been ordered to immediately begin the slaughter of all herds of pigs in Egypt," Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali said yesterday after meeting President Hosni Mubarak.
He said slaughterhouses would begin the cull at the fastest rate possible, as pig owners expressed outrage.
Mr Gabali said Egypt - where 26 people died from the H5N1 virus, making it one of the countries most affected by the bird flu strain - was taking the threat of swine flu "very seriously". Precautionary measures such as an awareness campaign and boosting production of protective masks and the anti-viral drug Tamiflu would also be taken, he said.
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