Piggish tale of survival
- added July 4, 2008
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- purplefox
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A pig that survived buried under rubble for 36 days after the Sichuan earthquake has been donated a 10-year premium-free insurance policy to guard it against future natural disasters, reports China Daily, as well as a life-time's supply of pig-feed.
The pig, named Zhu Jianqiang (meaning 'strong pig'), survived in the collapsed wreckage of its barn by living off charcoal and rainwater, but has doubled in size since its rescue to nearly 100kg. Zhu Jianqiang was adopted by the Jianchuan Museum, along with a goat that had also survived the disaster, and has since become one of the museum's top attractions.
Uplifting tale of survival and local good-will or profiteering by companies from a horrific natural disaster? Are the human survivors getting so much support and attention? Is this being overly cynical...?
The pig, named Zhu Jianqiang (meaning 'strong pig'), survived in the collapsed wreckage of its barn by living off charcoal and rainwater, but has doubled in size since its rescue to nearly 100kg. Zhu Jianqiang was adopted by the Jianchuan Museum, along with a goat that had also survived the disaster, and has since become one of the museum's top attractions.
Uplifting tale of survival and local good-will or profiteering by companies from a horrific natural disaster? Are the human survivors getting so much support and attention? Is this being overly cynical...?
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The China Daily article, which focuses more on the pig's sponsorship deals.
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any story of survival is uplifting, especially though when they don't have opposable thumbs.
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His name is Napoleon.. trust me gang this little piggy will come back and unleash an uprising.
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- Mr_Costello
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To survive that long the Pig must have been in a pretty comfortable space, and couldn't have been trapped too badly or it wouldn't have been able to get to food.
Bearing in mind that we regularly kill pigs for food, its a bit pathetic how we can feel uplifted by this one example of a single animal not dying!
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