China: Dead Duck, Dead Pigs

[Shortly after my last post on the dead pigs in the Huangpu River, located here, there were 1,000 Ducks found dead in the Nanche River, in Pengshan County, Sichuan Province.  I will repost this excerpt from the last post I made on the dead pigs:
Hog farmers have told state media that the dumping of swine carcasses is rising because police have started cracking down on the illicit sale of pork products made from dead, diseased pigs. ]

March 25, 2013

Around 1,000 dead ducks have been pulled from a river in southwest China, local officials say.

Residents found the dead ducks in Nanhe river in Pengshan county, Sichuan province, and alerted the environmental department, they said.

Local residents and livestock were not at risk as the river was not used for drinking water, officials added.

The news comes as the toll of dead pigs pulled from Shanghai's Huangpu river passed 16,000.
Speaking in an interview with China National Radio on Sunday, Liang Weidong, a deputy director in Pengshan's publicity department, said that the authorities were first made aware of the ducks on Tuesday.

Officials discovered over 50 woven bags which contained the carcasses of around 1,000 ducks in the river.

continued:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21921145