China's Pork Shortages Prompt Farmers to Breed Pigs as Large as Polar Bears
2019年10月6日 · In Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi province, one farm owner is breeding pigs that weigh over 1,100 pounds – making them the size of polar bears, Bloomberg reports. Gigantic pigs that weigh more than 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) can sell for more than 10,000 yuan, or US$1,400, which is more than three times higher than the monthly average ...
China breeding giant pigs the size of polar bears - TomoNews
2019年10月7日 · NANNING, CHINA — As African swine fever continues to ravage pigs across the country, China is facing a growing pork shortage problem.SOURCES: Bloomberghttps:...
China’s breeding giant pigs that are as heavy as polar bears
2019年10月7日 · (Bloomberg) — In a farm deep in the southern region of China lives a very big pig that’s as heavy as a polar bear. The 500 kilogram, or 1,102 pound, animal is part of a herd that’s being ...
A Chinese hog farmer is breeding giant polar-bear-size pigs, …
A hog farmer in China's Guangxi province is breeding pigs that weigh more than 1,100 pounds, making them the size of polar bears, Bloomberg reports. Pigs that size and bigger have been bred...
Chinese farmers are breeding 'mutant' pigs the size of polar bears - BGR
2019年10月8日 · As Bloomberg reports, some pig farmers in the country have bred their animals into an almost unrecognizable state, and boy are they big. On a farm owned by a man named Pang Cong, one particularly...
Chinese Farmers Are Breeding Pigs the Size of Polar Bears
2019年10月10日 · In an effort to temper inflation, the Chinese government is urging farmers to increase their production of pigs. While the polar-bear-sized pig may be on the high side, farmers in the northeastern province of Jilin have responded by raising pigs to weigh between 385 and 440 pounds, much higher than the average 275.
China Is Breeding Giant Pigs the Size of Polar Bears
2019年10月8日 · An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: In a farm deep in the southern region of China lives a very big pig that's as heavy as a polar bear. The 500 kilogram, or 1,102 pound, animal is part of a herd that's being bred to become giant swine. At slaughter, some of the pigs can sell for more than 10,000 yuan ($1,399), over three times ...
Are producers really breeding giant pigs in China? | The Pig Site
2019年10月8日 · Reports of Chinese hog producers breeding pigs the size of polar bears have emerged, but are the reports true, and what are the implications for breeding pigs so big?
Polar bear reproduction - WWF Arctic
Males take longer to mature and usually begin attempts to mate around the age of 5 or 6, though their prime breeding years begin around age 10. Read the latest news, features, and reports. Adult polar bears are solitary, but not anti-social: they actively seek mating partners in the late spring and early summer.
Breeding Management of Pigs - MSD Veterinary Manual
The three methods of breeding are pen mating (boar run with females), hand mating (supervised natural mating), and AI. Pen mating is generally found on smaller operations and works best in a pen of pigs in various stages of the estrous cycle.