Town wages war of pigs with Denmark

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Town wages war of pigs with Denmark

Jul 09, 2008
By Adam Mullett

PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE: Town residents may eat pork but they do not want too many pigs.

VILNIUS - Just to prove that the English speaking world doesn’t have a monopoly on NIMBIES (not in my back yard) people from the northern town of Mazeikiai rallied outside the Danish embassy in Vilnius July 6 in anger at a Danish pig farmer whose operation they say is will create a nuisance that they can not stomach. The owner of the farm, Erwin Nissan, plans to expand his farm permit from 3,000 to over 12,000 pigs. He had previously attempted to get a permit for 54,000 pigs, but the loca ...

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