Coronavirus Is Forcing Farmers to Give Their Pigs Away on Craigslist — And Even Euthanize Them (2020x70)
Data di messa in onda: Mag 11, 2020
Tens of thousands of pigs are being euthanized each day and dumped into landfills or used as biofuel. That’s because farmers have a pig problem— oversupply. 300-pound hogs that should’ve gone to market are now being sold for fractions of a dollar or straight up given away on Craigslist. And that’s under some of the best of circumstances. In many cases, the farmers’ only solution to the pig problem is euthanasia. It all started with a massive outbreak of COVID-19 at the major meatpacking plants. Almost 3500 workers tested positive for the virus and at least 17 died. This incited public outrage and forced nearly two dozen plants to close. The shutdowns shine a light on a dark American reality: An oligopoly controls the meat industry, and they just broke the supply chain.
