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Pg butchering scams involves fraudsters tricking victims — often found on social media or dating platforms — into fake cryptocurrency investments or financial schemes. Such scams have siphoned off more than $75 billion globally since 2020 Meta has been actively tracking the criminal networks behind pig butchering scams for the past two years, noting their increasing global spread. Described as …

Years into the escalating, multibillion-dollar global crisis of pig butchering scams, social media giant Meta released information for the first time on Thursday about its approach to combating the forced-labor compounds that fuel scam activity on its platforms and across the web. As pig butchering scams generate significant revenue for criminals, though, and spread around the world, Meta notes that …

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Current bird flu variant could spread to people via pigs, Ministers warn

The possibility exists that the currently circulating variant of the highly contagious bird flu virus could infect pig farms and then spread to people, Ministers Piet Ademan and Conny Helder said in a preparation document sent to parliament on Monday. Pigs that roam outdoors and come into contact with wild water birds, in particular, form a possible bridge to humans, …

Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has urged the State government to expedite steps to disburse adequate compensation to farmers in the district for massive culling of their pigs to contain the spread of African swine fever. In a letter to Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Milk Co-operatives J. Chinchu Rani, Mr. Gandhi said that in a region where the …

Steps have been intensified to curb the spread of African swine fever after the disease was reported at two sites in Wayanad district, Minister for Animal Husbandry J. Chinchurani has said. The disease was confirmed on Friday after samples of dead animals from two pig farms at Mananthavady tested positive at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases at …

The spread of the deadly mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus is being accelerated by industrialised pig farming and climate change, according to a lobby group of small-scale farmers. Key points: Small-scale producers claim industrialised farming systems help disease spread among animals The pork industry says JEV is not spread from one pig directly to another The government is investing $67.4m to …

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Piggery workers are getting vaccinated and abattoirs have increased spraying programs to prevent the spread of the potentially deadly Japanese encephalitis virus. Key points: Pig farmers and abattoir workers take up vaccination rollout as Japanese encephalitis virus grows Processors increase spraying for mosquitoes to prevent the spread of JEV Farmers keen for consumers to know the disease doesn't affect pork …

Fears Japanese encephalitis virus will spread further if feral pig population becomes infected

The mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus already detected across four states is likely to travel further if it spreads into the estimated 24-million-strong feral pig population, the pork industry is warning. Key points: Japanese encephalitis virus has yet to be detected in feral pigs The Australian pig industry is on high alert and monitoring the population closely Hunters and pastoralists are …

The entire nation is in a three-week lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, but filmmaker and producer Karan Johar’s three-year-old twins Yash and Roohi are blissfully unaware of what is going on around them. Karan Johar shared a new video of his twins Yash and Roohi during the coronavirus lockdown. In a new video shared by Karan …

Hong Kong CNN — The Chinese government issued a rare admission of failure Wednesday, saying that there had been “weaknesses” in the handling of an African swine fever epidemic which has now spread to all of China’s 25 provinces. “There are many weaknesses in the live pig management inspection chain … Live hog transportation isn’t strict enough, there is insufficient …

African swine fever spread being countered by voice recognition software, building walls and culling animals

African Swine Fever spreads to 22 provinces in China as year of the pig approaches

Authorities in China are scrambling to stem the rapid spread of the African Swine Fever, with more than 600,000 pigs culled in 22 provinces since August. Key points: Authorities banned the feeding of kitchen scraps and quarantined impacted farms Officials said the outbreak was under control in September when five provinces were affected There are concerns that pork prices may …