14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier today, the news broke that nearly 1,200 dead pigs had showed up in Shanghai's Huangpu River without anyone's being able to provide a satisfactory explanation concerning this incident.
Recent news says that the headcount for these rotting animals amounts to nearly 2,200, which is why the people living in this part of China are now asking that the city's high officials quickly gain control of the situation.
Interestingly enough, the local Water Resources Department continues to argue that the Huangpu River has not in any way been contaminated, and that locals should not shy away from drinking tap water, sources say.
“The relevant departments still dare say that this [the dead pigs] has no bad effect on the drinking water? Friends from Shanghai, please be very careful what tap water you drink,” one member of the online community wished to warn the people living in this part of China.
Although an official account of how and why these dead animals showed up in this Chinese waterway is still very much lacking, several individuals have stepped up to claim that the pigs died because of a swine epidemic, and that people would do best to take the city's officials' words with a grain of salt.
“Jiaxing is Shanghai next door neighbor, every month for the last three months there has been problems with over ten thousand pigs dead for a swine epidemic,” one user allegedly wrote on their blog.
Furthermore, “Shanghai has been hiding this fact and pretended like nothing is happening. Up until a huge number of pigs is dropped in the Huangpu river. Only then, ashamed, they just say 'No problem'. Is this the mark of a responsible city government?”
Presently, a total of 12 boats are doing their best to collect these corpses from the Huangpu River and to dispose of them in an appropriate manner.
Hopefully, more information on this topic will shortly follow.