"In the future, such hasty burial of diseased pigs will be punishable as inhumane," states Jefferson Lee, a researcher in the Livestock Administration Division of the COA's Animal Industry Department. He says that under intensive rearing conditions, there is an increased likelihood of disease or overproduction requiring a large number of animals to be destroyed.
「未來草率掩埋病豬，可以不符合人道條件加以處罰」，農委會畜牧行政科研究員李兆峰說，集約畜養容易造成疫病、生產過剩，必須大量撲滅，業者也需要一套較為人道的規範作為遵循。