Pigs saved from Chinese Floods, 20-hour rescue operation

Thousands of pigs trapped in neck-deep floodwaters on a Chinese farm are saved after a 20-hour rescue operation

… only for them to be BUTCHERED on the same day?

Workers battled for hours to try and save thousands of pigs at a flooded farm in China only for some of them to be sent to the slaughter house on the same day.

The farm in Lu'an, east China's Anhui province, made headlines yesterday after its manager was pictured sobbing and giving his beloved livestock a final farewell.

Rescue workers scrambled for nearly a day to pull some of the pigs from harm's way including workers from agricultural company Xishang Group and nearby volunteers, reports the People's Daily Online. However, over 1,000 of them are due to be slaughtered this evening