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Kenyans set pigs loose outside parliament to protest 'greedy' lawmakers' salary demands
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A policeman tries to control pigs left by protesters outside parliament in Nairobi, Kenya, during a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands on May 14, 2013.
Kenyan demonstrators released two dozen piglets and poured blood on the pavement at the gates of parliament in Nairobi on Tuesday to protest lawmakers' demands for a wage hike, Agence France-Presse reports.
"We will not allow members of parliament to increase their salaries at will," shouted Okiya Omtatah, one of the protest organizers. "They are greedy just like the pigs we have brought here."
Lawmakers' pay is currently $6,300 per month, Reuters reports, but they have demanded a raise to about $10,100 per month, which is 130 times the legal minimum wage in Kenya.
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Protestors carry placards as they participate in a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands in Nairobi on May 14, 2013.
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A protester squats by piglets at the gates of parliament in Nairobi on May 14, 2013.

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Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is arrested during a demonstration outside parliament in Nairobi on May 14, 2013. The protesters had intended to occupy parliament but were dispersed, while some were beaten by police and arrested.
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Riot police stand by the gates of parliament during a demonstration against members of parliament who have demanded higher wages in Nairobi on May 14, 2013.
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looks like something we should try in DC...except king obama would want to have a BBQ then...funny story
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18
Dec
2012
8:09am, EST
Pig free to roam in Spanish village — but not for long
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An Iberian pig rests near villagers in La Alberca on December 14, 2012 near Salamanca, Spain.
A pig has been given the freedom to roam in a Spanish village — but the clock is ticking. The pig is due to be sacrificed on January 21 in a village raffle in La Alberca with the proceeds going to a local charity, Getty Images reports.
Dry-cured Iberian ham or Jamon Iberico de bellota is a favorite amongst Spaniards and producers are hoping for improved sales over the busy Christmas period.
The jamon legs are dry-cured for up to three years after the pigs have been fed on a diet of acorns in the last three months of their lives.

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Children walk with an Iberian pig in the village of La Alberca on December 14, 2012.
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Basilio Hoyos, manager of the Sociedad Chacinera Albercana Cooperative is photographed beside legs of dry-cured Jamon Iberico de bellota in La Alberca on December 14, 2012.
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Manuel Revilla checks by smelling a sample of a leg of dry-cured Jamon Iberico de bellota (acorns) at his small family business in the town of Guijuelo on December 14, 2012.
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Two legs of dry-cured Jamon Iberico de Bellota hang from a wall in the shop of Alberto Lopez Araque on December 14, 2012 in Madrid.
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An Iberian piglet looks out from its pen at the Fermin Jamones farm in the village of La Alberca on December 14, 2012. Fermin Jamones was the first Spanish company to be given an export licence for the lucrative United States market.
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An employee of the Alberto Lopez Araque shop in Madrid cuts a slice of dry-cured Jamon Iberico de Bellota on December 14, 2012 in Madrid.
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This little piggy is going to China

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The best and most expensive ham in the world, no water added.
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Oct
2012
6:10am, EDT
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These little piggies went along for a bike ride
A man cycles with a family of pigs on a road in Chajul, in the Quiche region west of Guatemala City on October 9, 2012.
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Jun
2012
8:06am, EDT
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The pig whisperer at work
'Pig whisperer' Kees Scheepens hypnotizes a piglet in Duelmen, western Germany, in a picture taken on June 22, 2012 and made available today.
"Let pigs be pigs", Scheepens advised representatives of the hog industry during a visit to Canada in 2010 in which he advocated a less intensive form of pig-rearing.
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Happy Hamhocks are good hamhocks. Every organism on this planet is designed to feed upon other organisms. As an OMNIvore, I'm DESIGNED to eat meat, fish, vegetables and grain. Raising the animals I am designed to eat is proper, and as long as we take great care, like the pig whisperer, to ensure tha …
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Apr
2012
6:04am, EDT
This little piggy is going to China
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Keith Haarer, a breeding unit manager, moves a newborn piglet to a sow so she can suckle, at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, March 16, 2012. Pictures made available April 19, 2012.

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Haarer inspects three-and-a-half month old hogs, many of which are bound for China.
Reuters reports — Inside a dimly lit barn in northeast Indiana, where the air smells faintly of corn and earth, the future of China's food supply is squealing for attention.
A farmhand shuffles through the crowd of pigs inside pen 7E3, patting their fleshy pink backs and checking their water trough. The animals here at the Whiteshire Hamroc farm have been bred for one purpose: to be flown halfway around the world, on a journey fueled by China's appetite for food independence.
Video: Bringing American BBQ to Beijing
In a country where pork is a culinary staple, the demand for a protein-rich diet is growing faster than Chinese farmers can keep up. While Americans cut back on meat consumption to the lowest levels seen in two decades, the Chinese now eat nearly 10 percent more meat than they did five years ago.
China's solution: to super-size its supply by snapping up millions of live animals raised by U.S. farmers as breeding stock - capitalizing on decades of cutting edge agricultural research in America. Read the full story.
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Three-and-a-half-month-old hogs at Whiteshire Hamroc farm.
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sell them the pork chop , not the pig
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18
Apr
2011
10:50am, EDT
Trained pig helps to keep seniors on their toes
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A pig named Felix and an elderly woman encounter each other in a lift at a senior care facility in Essen, Germany on April 12.
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Physiotherapist Daan Vermeulen (standing) helps an elderly woman to pet his pig Felix in a senior care facility on April 12 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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An elderly woman feeds Felix in a senior care facility in Gelsenkirchen.
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Daan Vermeulen guides his pig Felix into a car at a senior care facility in Gelsenkirchen.
A pig named 'Felix' has been trained by physiotherapist Daan Vermeulen to provide emotional therapy for the elderly and for handicapped children, Getty Images photographer Ralph Orlowski reports. Vermeulen claims contact with the pig stimulates curiosity, activity and even alertness among elderly people and helps them to awaken from the passivity that often sets in as they become older. Vermeulen says he helps those patients who react with fear to the pig to channel the emotion into a positive experience.
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5
Apr
2011
10:21am, EDT
Rough justice meted out to alleged pig thief
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A man cries for relief after being beaten by a group of people when he was caught allegedly stealing a pig from a local family on April 4 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The man was tied to the pig and beaten until the police arrived and he was arrested.
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Is it the picture, or is this guy missing a finger?
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