Pig slurry overflow in Huercal-Overa “environmental disaster” * Euro Weekly News Spain

CAPTION: CLAIM: The Macrogranjas en Huercal-Overa platform claimed the slurry overflow left “a desolate landscape.”
CREDIT: Stop macrogranjas en Huercal-Overa Youtube.ECOLOGISTS in Action claim “overflow” from pools of pig slurry in Huercal-Overa is as an “environmental disaster.”The association’s regional coordinator Encarnacion Samblas made the comments on local Spanish radio in reference to the aftermath of the recent torrential rains and flooding and the impact on an intensive pig farm.The Stop macrogranjas en Huercal-Overa platform opposing large-scale intensive pig farms posted a video of the pig slurry pools on social media.– Advertisement —
“Thousands of cubic metres of pig slurry following a course to the Mediterranean, leaving in its wake a desolate landscape”, the post reads.The platform said it wanted to know who was responsible “for turning Spain and its underground water reserves into a giant cesspool.” 
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