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25.10.2020

Atop the forested Mount Yaji, about 64 kilometers northeast of Beijing, a private farming company is building a veritable pig city, a cluster of high-rise residential buildings, or rather industrial farms, designed to house the world's largest herd of pigs.

Why build a whole city for pigs, and even on a mountain? It is hoped that Guangxi Yangxiang's six apartment buildings will protect valuable pig stock from the risk of diseases such as African swine fever, which has killed 2018 million animals (half the world's pig population) since 200. The houses are completely isolated, which should prevent infection.

One of the buildings will have 13 floors, making it the tallest pigsty in the world.

"The multi-storey building has many important advantages," says farm manager Xu Jiajing. "It saves energy and resources. The land is not that big, but you can raise a lot of pigs."

The cost of the complex is about 6,5 million dollars. It comes out at $ 2400 per pig, excluding the cost of the animals themselves.

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