China’s ‘Pig Ebola’ Epidemic Leads to Increased Demand for Dog Meat

by Joseph Saraceno
A butcher waits for customers at his stall at a market in Beijing on July 10, 2019. - Factory prices in China were unchanged in June from a year ago, data showed on July 10, reviving the prospect of deflation as the US trade war hits the crucial manufacturing sector. …

China’s devastating outbreak of African swine fever, nicknamed “Pig Ebola” by outside observers, has compelled the destruction of millions of pigs and created a shortage of pork severe enough to put dog and rabbit meat back on the menu in rural areas. MORE