NS officials to lodge police report over missing pigs

 

African swine flu was found in 273 pigs in the Port Dickson area last week. Later, about 2,000 pigs were found to be missing from 19 farms. (Reuters pic)

SEREMBAN: Negeri Sembilan officials have been told to lodge a police report over the removal of about 2,000 pigs from 19 unlicensed farms in the Port Dickson area without the knowledge of the authorities.

Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Aminuddin Harun said he had asked the state executive councillor for agriculture and the state veterinary services department to investigate and to lodge a police report.

He said the state government was concerned that the animals might cause a possible spread of the African swine flu to other states.

“That is why we leave it to the police to investigate how the animals were moved. The pigs were not supposed to be moved till the veterinary department had completed inspecting and confirming that they were all free of the virus infection,” he said.

He also said that the veterinary department should have been more aware as they were tasked to ensure no animals were transferred from the affected farms.

The pigs were reported to have been secretly moved after 273 pigs in the area were culled after being found to be infected. - FMT