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Travel Updates -
Rambles
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Written by MeGo
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Friday, 08 May 2009 00:54 |
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When people see a pig in a cage they get worried. They think they may contact Swine Flu, says Kabul Zoo’s director Aziz Gul Saqib about the only known pig in Afghanistan. Yes. In Afghanistan there is only one known pig, and it’s lovingly named Pig. Why? Because they aren’t creative with names…oh, right! Because pork and pig products are forbidden (think religious beliefs), there are no pig farms (no need for them), no wild pigs (?), nor any direct flights from Kabul to Mexico City. But yet with all this, Pig was sequestered to a winter house away from the public because of the public’s fear of contracting the “Swine-Flu.” Thankfully Pig wasn’t there for Eygpt’s misconceptions and overreactions. Read more about Pig at the Travel link.
Getting back to Pig, which was a gift from China in 2002, and is the only living member of the original pair of pigs. The other pig and its offspring, sadly funny but true, were mauled and eaten by a bear. Pig is under an indefinite quarantine, in a custom built panic swine flu room, not really just a room for him to be separated from people and animals. Pig is pretty much lonely in his room. His friend the goat that used to keep him company writes to him daily and fears that his friend may spontaneously generate the flu—he too seems to be less knowledgeable on the subject of influenza A (H1N1) [aka Swine Flu]. Source here
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