AIZAWL: Following Mizoram government’s ban on import of birds and other animals from neighbouring countries due to the avian flu scare, the state police gunned down 19 pigs imported from Myanmar at Champai town on Mizoram-Myanmar border.
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Why did they shoot pigs?
Reports are contrasting. One source mentioned
“the pigs were declared as ‘unclaimed’ and gunned down on Saturday on the orders of the sub-divisional magistrate of Champhai district”
and Another said
“We have warned that we will kill the pigs the next time we catch them since it is troublesome to send them back,” an official from Champhai said.
