Irish Pigs to China

Montage of Feck

James Cromwell on Claire Byrne has bought to my attention a deal between the Irish government and the totalitarian CCP regime to export live pigs to China.

Given the insesent lecturing going on about climate change at the moment it just bangs of hypocrisy never mind the moral and ethical considerations.

SouthWesterly

Porks a big seller in China

Nekarsulm

China lost a large % of their pig herd due to Swine Flu, 18 months ago.

They are buying the best genetics they can get, around the world.

They need to restock.

We aren't sending pigs to China for slaughter, they are all breeding stock.

Duckworth_Luas

Cromwell is one to talk!

These pigs are going on an all expenses paid cruise to the Far East, at the end of which they take up a life of shagging.

Meanwhile he worked a pig like a slave on his farm.

Does it matter? This is a major income boost to Irelands economy. At a time when national debt is high, and the true costs of the covid period have yet to hit the world market, shouldn't Ireland be taking the opportunities to make some dosh?

Freddie Mcinerney

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058217084/irish-pigs-to-china

The Government don't care. Sure look at Leo going to England for a gig.

How much are we getting for them?

oookkkaaayyy

Good, glad for the farmers.

Gregor Samsa

"Hypocrisy" has become this age's mortal sin. Doesn't matter if it's legal/beneficial/ethical or not - if there's so much as a whiff that it's somehow contrary to some other expressed or implied position, that's it - game over.

Only 100% purity will be tolerated in thought and deed.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118141358#Comment_118141358

Actually I'd say it's the opposite where double standards have been embraced..

El Tarangu

I can't imagine that the pigs' lives would be much worse in a factory farm in China than they would be in any Irish factory farm. For example, many Irish pig farmer have their piglets' tails cut off; this is to stop them biting one another's tails off, so stressful is the environment that they find themselves in.

silliussoddius

Ending up in a crap sandwich that Pat Shortt sings about or off foreign for lots of filth, decisions decisions!

martinedwards

genetics... fresh blood lines.

its safer and less risk of death or disease to export either semen or live embryos.

My Dad imported both in the 80s (first to do embryo import in Ireland) and it meant that the mothers had the live embryos harvested in Nebraska, flown over on concord (really!) then inserted to foster sows here in Northern Ireland. Really strange seeing mixed litters of different breeds of pedigree pigs being born to the same (foster) mother.

Eddie Straiton was the vet who did it. he was the REAL vet in the background of "All creatures great and small" and the embryo transfer gets a chapter in one of his books (but he changed the names to protect the guilty!

McGinniesta

Are chinese people not allowed to have a nice rasher sambo on a satuday morning like the rest of us?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058217084/irish-pigs-to-china

What’s wrong with feeding people?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118142468#Comment_118142468

They enjoy a nice Yuk Sung or a good Char Siu. Making me hungry

Freddie Mcinerney

We sell to the middle east as well.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118142468#Comment_118142468

Won't find much in the way of rashers (as they are in Ireland) in a Chinese supermarket. You can get Canadian/US bacon which is very sweet, and usually the streaky style of bacon can be found. Irish Bacon (and Cheese) can be found in some of the more upmarket supermarkets, but they're quite expensive. Highly recommend the Taiwanese produced sausages though, although again, quite sweet tasting due to how they're produced.

Never really liked Chinese breakfast foods. Ugh. But bbq, biang biang noodles or hot pot? Yum yum. Bring on the expanding waistline.

Really wished they had something like Bacon and Black/White pudding for breakfasts.

Poor Uncle Tom

Government delegation to China!

Montage of Feck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118140353#Comment_118140353

But Leo is the minster of partying, it was obviously a work obligation.