Hundreds of pigs and dogs were found dead in China/ Europics

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Horrified farmers found nearly 500 pigs dead in their stalls, and the bodies of hundreds more pet dogs, cows, and even wild birds were discovered close to the plant in Dongtun, Henan province.



A total of 410 pigs and 122 dogs were found dead in Dongtun village in Yanshi city, Henan province, officials said.



Local villagers say they have complained for years about noxious fumes billowing from the factory.



"Tests have been carried out on some of the bodies of the animals and they all had badly damaged lungs," said a local public safety official.



"It is clearly something they breathed which killed them and not a virus or any kind of illness.



"As a precaution we have asked people to stay indoors until the factory has been closed and sealed," they added, speaking to the Austrian Times.



The bodies of pet dogs were discovered close to the plant in Dongtun/ europics

It is clearly something they breathed which killed them and not a virus or any kind of illness. Public safety official

One villager said: "We have known for years that there was something wrong with that factory but no-one did anything until it nearly killed us all."



Local authorities have said the deaths have nothing to do with any epidemic or the H7N9 bird flu virus that has recently spread to humans. No vaccine to protect against the virus currently exists.



Health authorities in China say they do not know exactly how the virus is spreading, but it is believed to be crossing to humans from birds, triggering mass poultry culls in several cities.

Chemical plants in the area near have been ordered to suspend operations/ europics

The disturbing images come just a month after more than 16,000 dead pigs were pulled from Shanghai's main river.



The pigs corpses were pulled from Huangpu river, which supplies Shanghai with drinking water, while around 1,000 dead ducks were found in a river in Sichuan.



The dumping of the bodies has not been explained, though police had been cracking down on the illegal sale of pork products made from dead, diseased pigs.

Thousands of dead pigs were pulled out the Chinese river