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Yang a small time pig farmer holds a baby pig inside the pig pen at her farm March 27 in Zhulin, China. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River.The dead pigs are believed to have floated downstream from Shaoxing, in the neighboring province of Zhejiang, near China's financial hub of Shanghai.Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly.
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Pigs are seen at a pig farm March 27, 2013 in Zhulin, China. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River. The dead pigs are believed to have floated over from pig farming operations in rural areas stretching out from Shanghai. Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly. (Paula Bronstein/MCT)
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An injured pig sits alone outside a pig farm March 27, 2013 in Zhulin, China. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River. The dead pigs are believed to have floated over from pig farming operations in rural areas stretching out from Shanghai. Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly. (Paula Bronstein/MCT)
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Pigs are seen on a truck heading for slaughter March 27, 2013 in Zhulin, China.
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Dead pigs are seen in a depository for dead animals outside a pig farm March 27, 2013 in Zhulin, China. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River. The dead pigs are believed to have floated over from pig farming operations in rural areas stretching out from Shanghai. Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly. (Paula Bronstein/MCT)
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Pan Jinyong, father of arrested pig trader, Pan Huimin stands inside his home March 27, 2013 in Zhulin, China. Pan Huimin was charged with illegally buying dead pigs and trading them. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River. The dead pigs are believed to have floated over from pig farming operations in rural areas stretching out from Shanghai. Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly. (Paula Bronstein/MCT)
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A worker cleans debris from the downtown Huangpu river in the Bund district of central Shanghai March 28, 2013 in Shanghai, China. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled upstream out of the Huangpu River. The dead pigs are believed to have floated over from pig farming operations in rural areas stretching out from Shanghai. Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly. (Paula Bronstein/MCT)
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The Chinese flag blows in the wind at night along the Bund by the Huangpu river March 28, 2013 in Shanghai, China. Over 12,000 dead pigs were pulled upstream out of the Huangpu River. The dead pigs are believed to have floated over from pig farming operations in rural areas stretching out from Shanghai. Questions still linger as to why thousands of pigs died suddenly. (Paula Bronstein/MCT)
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