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Afghanistan's Only Pig Quarantined in Flu Fear

Posted by samzenpus on from the that'll-do-pig dept.

A pig that was a gift to the Kabul zoo from China has been quarantined due to swine flu fears. Pork and all things pig produced are illegal in Afghanistan because they are considered irreligious. The pig at the zoo is the only known pig in the country. "For now the pig is under quarantine, we built it a room because of swine influenza. We've done this because people are worried about getting the flu," Aziz Gul Saqib, director of Kabul Zoo, told Reuters. Just wait until people hear about chickenpox.

5 comments

  1. Leave it to China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Leave it to China to be asshats to a religious state. the irony of Communist China giving a _pig_ to Muslim ruled Afghanastan almost makes me want to pee myself. theres an incredibly bad Yakov Smirnoff joke to be made here but i just cant bring myself to do it.

    1. Re:Leave it to China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In communist China, YOU give to THE PIGS!

    2. Re:Leave it to China by fractoid · · Score: 1

      Irony? I'm pretty sure they did it for the lulz.

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  2. Further remarks by Locke2005 · · Score: 1

    When Aziz Gul Saqib, director of Kabul Zoo, was later asked "And how is the pig?" he replied, "Tasty... very tasty!"

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  3. Afghanistan's Only Pig Quarantined in Flu Fear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Good thing they have the piq quarantined. We wouldn't the poor litle pig to get the flue from a human.