51.   While high-caste Hindus like Mishra often do not eat pork, low-caste Hindus do and many in Uttar Pradesh make their living as pig farmers.

52.   East German pig farmers had been the victim of west European competitors who had grabbed their former share of the market, he said.

53.   East German pig farmers had been the victim of west European competitors who had hogged their former share of the market, he said.

54.   Pig farmers have expressed doubts over the possibility of increasing pork output in the short term.

55.   The government also indicated that sheep and pig farmers could begin moving their livestock to slaughter markets from the same date, Food and Farming Minister John Whitty said.

56.   The minister however proposed an investigation into the effects of cheap Canadian pork imports, adding that pig farmers could take their claims to the Anti-Dumping Authority.