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Afghanistan's only pig quarantined in flu fear

Sometimes its a strange world in which we live. The following is from Reuters news feed today

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.

The pig is a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan, where pork and pig products are illegal because they are considered irreligious, and has been in quarantine since Sunday after visitors expressed alarm it could spread the new flu strain.

And yet, there is an aspect of sadness really. How lonely must that pig be????

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