Pigs

Pigs

At trendy Japanese cafés, customers enjoy cuddling with pigs

At trendy Japanese cafés, customers enjoy cuddling with pigs

Customers pay 2,200 yen ($15) for the first 30 minutes in the company of the pigs

Dr. Shuhui Sun performs a step of histological staining of mouse liver for pathological analysis in the Aging and Regeneration lab at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, China, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Scientists grow human-like kidneys in pigs

Employees give ear tags for newborn piglets at a breeding farm of Best Genetics Group (BGG), a Chinese pig breeding company in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China February 27, 2022. Picture taken February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China pig breeders go high-tech in self-sufficiency push