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Investigation Into the Discovery of Dead Pigs in NÖ Continues

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400 dead pigs were discovered on the farm in July and 1000 more were missing. In the previous year, 55 animals were suffocated on the farm after a ventilation failure.

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After the shocking case of hundreds of dead pigs in Lower Austria, about which the "crown" reported exclusively last week, further explosive backgrounds came to light by the authorities. The fact that 400 dead pigs were found in a fattening farm in the district of Amstetten was already known. 88 animals could be recovered alive. The shock to the current authorities data is the flaw! The evaluation of the farm lists showed that about 1000 more pi…

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The maladministration in a fattening farm in the district of Amstetten raises further questions. Already in the previous year 150 animals should have died.

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400 dead pigs were discovered on the farm in July and 1000 more were missing. In the previous year, 55 animals were suffocated on the farm after a ventilation failure.

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Hundreds of pigs were killed in a fire on a farm in Lower Bavaria. The stable in Adlkofen (Landkreis Landshut) was set on fire in the afternoon, a police spokesman said. Meanwhile, the flames had been extinguished. Some animals had survived the flames, they were examined by a veterinarian. According to the report, the stable itself was completely destroyed during the fire. The investigators assume damage in the upper six-digit range. How many an…

Investigations continued on Wednesday in the case of the pig farm in the Amstetten district where hundreds of dead pigs were found. Last year, 55 animals suffocated on the farm due to a broken ventilation system, Lower Austria's state veterinary director Christina Riedl told ORF. This July, 400 dead pigs were discovered. Another 1,000 are missing. Cannibalism has not been ruled out. Authorities have denied any negligence.

400 dead and 1,000 missing pigs in a stable in the Mostviertel. As early as 2025, the farm was the scene of an incident.

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nachrichten.at broke the news in Linz, Austria on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
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