Pigs 'potty-trained to stop pollution'

Farmers in southern Taiwan have reportedly been potty-training their pigs as part of a pilot programme to reduce pollution.

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) plans to encourage the practice and will also introduce a fee on water contamination in 2010, AFP reports.

Chang Chung-tou, a pig farmer in Yunlin county, said: "The pig toilets on my farm help me collect about 95% of all pig waste, making cleaning much, much easier."

An EPA official added: "Apart from Yunlin, we have launched trial pig toilets in Changhua county [in central Taiwan]. We are evaluating the results."

The pig toilets are made by smearing pig waste inside to encourage the animals to use them rather than nearby rivers.

I think someone has a severe dose of swine flu

I grew up on a farm, and I can assure you all that the pigs shit was 100% real and we didnt need to train them......

An EPA fellow is evaulating the results........................ No SHIT Sherlock


And the reason I can vouch for my thoughts, I have tried to train a cow for 30 years