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For Real? Taiwan Pig Guts, Elephant Rescue, & Exploding Sensors

Fights Break Out Over Pig Guts in Taiwan’s Parliament

Fighting broke out in Taiwan’s parliament yesterday as opposition lawmakers protested over changes in Taiwan’s food safety rules. Members of the KMT (Kuomintang) party threw pig guts at Taiwan’s prime minister to keep him from speaking.

The protests were triggered by the country’s decision to allow US pork (pig meat) containing ractopamine into the country. Farmers in the US and a few other countries give ractopamine to their pigs to make the meat less fatty.

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Fighting broke out in Taiwan’s parliament yesterday as opposition lawmakers protested over changes in Taiwan’s food safety rules. Members of the KMT (Kuomintang) party threw pig guts at Taiwan’s prime minister (top left) to keep him from speaking.

But using ractopamine is against the law in 160 countries because of health concerns for the animals and the people who eat the meat.

To protest the government’s decision, since mid-September, the KMT has been interrupting every time the prime minister tries to speak in parliament.

On Friday, members of the KMT brought in buckets of pig guts and threw them at the prime minister when he began to speak, interrupting once again.

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On Friday, members of the KMT brought in buckets of pig guts and threw them at the prime minister when he began to speak, interrupting once again. The KMT said the action was taken to protect people’s health and food safety in Taiwan.

Though members of the prime minister’s party complained about the waste of food and the “disgusting” smell, the KMT said the action was taken to protect people’s health and food safety in Taiwan.

Elephant in India Rescued From Well by Crane

Last Friday, Indian Forest Service workers in India’s Tamil Nadu state announced that after 12 hours, they had finally rescued an elephant from a deep well.

The elephant fell into the 50-foot (15 meter) well after wandering out of the nearby forest. The well was hidden by bushes and didn’t have a fence around it. Luckily, the elephant didn’t seem to be injured by the fall.

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Last Friday, Indian Forest Service workers in India’s Tamil Nadu state announced that after 12 hours, they had finally rescued an elephant from a deep well. The elephant fell into the 50-foot (15 meter) well after wandering out of the nearby forest.

At first, rescuers tried to lower the water level in the well by pumping water out, but the confused elephant struck out at the pipes used for pumping.

Finally, with the help of doctors, the workers were able to put the elephant to sleep. That allowed them to attach straps to the elephant’s legs so that the animal could be lifted out of the well with a crane.

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Workers were able to attach straps to the elephant’s legs so that the animal could be lifted out of the well with a crane. The elephant was reported to be “healthy and active”, and was later released into the forest.

The elephant was reported to be “healthy and active”, and was later released into the forest.

As elephants lose forest land to villages, these kinds of problems are becoming more common. Last year, two elephants fell into other uncovered wells in the area.

New Zealand City Replaces “Exploding” Parking Sensors

The city of New Plymouth in New Zealand has decided to replace or disable 500 parking sensors after some of the sensors have exploded.

The parking sensors are set into the pavement and are designed to keep track of how long a car is parked over them. The battery-powered devices can send messages wirelessly, letting parking officers know when a car has stayed too long.

Car parking sensors at Sainsburys in Halifax.
The city of New Plymouth in New Zealand has decided to replace or disable 500 parking sensors after some of the sensors have exploded because of pressure from failing batteries. The parking sensors shown above are not in New Plymouth.
(Source: Steven Lilley, via Flickr.com.)

But when the batteries start to go bad, pressure can build up inside the device. When this pressure isn’t released gently, the cover can blow off.

After having problems with one of the sensors earlier in November, over 60 of the devices were replaced. But recently another of the sensors caused a “minor explosion”.

The New Plymouth District Council has now decided to swap out or turn off at least 500 of the city’s 1,600 parking sensors.

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