Nearly 6,000 dead pigs in river but water’s fine, Chinese officials say

Hong Kong (CNN) — 5,916 dead, bloated pigs and counting.

Chinese officials say they expect to find more carcasses floating in the river that flows through the center of Shanghai — but they insist the city’s water is fine.

The claim had incredulous residents one-upping each another with one-liners on the country’s popular microblog service, Sina Weibo.

“Since when is finding dead rotting pigs in a major river not a public health problem?” Weibo user, @Muyunsanjun2011, asked.

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