Holy Pigs In Taiwan
Eccorazzi
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
A festival in Taiwan showcasing the corpses of fattened pigs has come under fire from “animal advocates.” Chen Yu-min, director of the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan, has been telling people that “obesity in animals is a disease,” just as it is with humans. The “holy pig” ceremony is a Chinese New Year tradition where pigs are fattened, slaughtered, dressed in New Year decorations and paraded through the streets of Sanxia.
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