黄浦江死猪事件英语作文

黄浦江死猪事件英语作文

The Ministry of Agriculture has launched an urgent investigation into the deaths of more than 5,000 pigs whose carcasses ended up in East China's Huangpu River. The probe will also involve animal epidemic protection departments in Shanghai and Zhejiang province, said Chen Xiaohua, vice-minister of agriculture. Officials first started receiving calls about dead pigs in the upper Songjiang section of the river last week. By Tuesday, 5,916 carcasses had been retrieved, according to Chinese news portal xinmin.cn. Initial investigations have found no evidence of widespread animal disease in the immediate area, Chen said on Monday, although tests have revealed some pigs may have died from porcine circovirus, a disease common in pigs in recent years. Shanghai authorities said that from the animals' ear tags they have so far determined the pigs came from Jiaxing in Zhejiang province. Shanghai's Agriculture Committee said it has been in contact with animal departments in Zhejiang and the agriculture department of Jiaxing, and has sent officials to ask local departments to take appropriate measures.求采纳