Almost any animal can pair up with the “Olympic”. For example, we have the “Olympic Dragon” or the “Olympic Pigs” but recently, the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) has refuted claims that special, healthy pigs are raised with special rearing methods exclusively for the Olympics by Luck Crane, a pork supplier in China.

Yang Yanyun, Chairman of Luck Crane, the sole authorised pork supplier for Olympics, had allegedly said that his pigs were being immunised with natural herbs and Chinese medicines, given two hours exercise daily and being raised in special breeding centres away from high air and water pollution.Yang’s company did not use growth hormones in pig rearing as it could conceivably cause athletes to fail anti-doping tests.

BOCOG said such pig reearing methods hold no grounds and some companies may even try very hard to associate with the Olympic Games to improve their brand image.

In any case, the pigs are innocent.

Via The Hindu News